A genus of gram-negative rods that are widely distributed in the intestines of humans and animals, in feces, and in sewage. 1.5-4 μm long, 0.5-0.8 μm wide. They have many flagella around them and move actively on solid media, making it difficult for them to form localized colonies, and they form a thin layer of fungal moss over the entire surface of the medium, hence their name, after the shape-shifting Proteus from Greek mythology. Members of the group known as group X share antigens with rickettsiae that cause typhus and scrub typhus, and are therefore used as agglutination antigens in the diagnosis of these diseases (Weil-Felix reaction). → Gram-negative bacteria/rods Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information |
ヒトや動物の腸内,糞便(ふんべん),下水などに広く分布するグラム陰性杆(かん)菌の一属。長さ1.5〜4μm,幅0.5〜0.8μm。周囲に多くの鞭毛(べんもう)を有して固形培地上を活発に運動するので限局した集落をつくりにくく,培地全面に薄い菌苔(たい)をつくることから,ギリシア神話の変幻自在なプロテウスにちなんでこの名がある。X菌群とよばれるグループのものは発疹チフスやツツガムシ病のリケッチアと共通抗原をもつため,これらの病気の診断(ワイル=フェリックス反応)に凝集抗原として用いられる。→グラム陰性菌/杆菌
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