Really, the list of possibilities just goes on and on. Proteus chews through an angle grinder disc in seconds. Researchers from the UK and Germany claim that they’ve created such a magical material.

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 43, No. 5 (Nov., 1928), pp. 458-460 (3 pages) The production of an agent which is lytic for red blood cells is characteristic of the proteus group of bacteria.