Proteus (disambiguation)

Proteus may refer to:

In mythology

• Proteus, a Greek god who is the son of Poseidon
• Proteus of Egypt, an Egyptian king in a version of the story of Helen of Troy
• King Proteus, a mythical Greek ruler, featured in the story of Bellerophon

In Science

• Proteus (bacterium), a bacterium found in gut.
• Olm (Proteus anguinus), a genus of small cave-dwelling amphibian
• a genus of trilobites
• Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)

In fiction

• Proteus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
• Proteus (DC comics), a Steve Ditko creation
• Proteus (film), a film by Canadian director John Greyson
• Proteus, the miniaturized submarine that is injected in a human being's bloodstream in the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage
• Proteus IV, a villainous supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed
• Proteus, a character in the play Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
• Proteus, the Prime Minister in The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw

Ships

• USS Proteus (AS-19), a U.S. Navy submarine tender
• Proteus a prototype wave adaptive modular vessel developed by Marine Advanced Research.

Other

• Proteus (alchemy), the "first matter" (prima materia), usually the metal mercury
• Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections
• Proteus (instant messaging client), client software for Mac OS X
• Proteus (design software), software for microprocessor simulation and schematic design developed by Labcenter Electronics
• Proteus (machine), a "sound and light machine" designed by Synthetic Systems
• Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
• Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876
• E-MU Proteus, a popular rackmouunt ROMpler synthesizer
• Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
• Proteans (body language), a class of subtle body language flirting signals
• A type of diver propulsion vehicle; there are at least two makes called Proteus
• Proteus (Kadon game), a board game by Kadon
• Proteus (Steve Jackson game), a board game by Steve Jackson Games
• Protei-5 Russian diver-rider