Proteus mirabilis (pictured here, second from right) is a glucose positive, lactose negative, sulfur reducing enteric. If the nitrate broth turns red (tubes pictured in the center) after nitrate I and ...

Figure 1: Ascending urinary tract infection and Proteus mirabilis virulence factors. Figure 2: The mannose-resistant Proteus-like fimbrial operon: organization and phase variation.

458-460 (3 pages) The production of an agent which is lytic for red blood cells is characteristic of the proteus group of bacteria. The agent is heat labile, is formed during the first few hours of ...