Sketchy Microbiology: Proteus Mirabilis

The god of the public restroom — Proteus Mirabilis

Red Hue — Gram Negative

Public Bathroom — Facultative Anaerobe

(You hold your breath when you use a public bathroom)

Swarming Tentacles — Swarming Motility when plated

Stag Horn Helmet — Stag Horn calculi in the kidney → kidney stones

Ammonia Spray — Ammonia = urease positive

(This is what makes the stag horn calculi, alkaline formation causes kidney struvite stones. Consisting of ammonia, magnesium, and phosphate)

Throwing a stone — Proteus Mirabilis forms kidney stones

Urinating in the stall — Causes UTI's

Fish on the floor — Fishy Odor

Eggs on the floor — Treatment: Sulfonamides