Penner J L, Hinton N A, Hennessy J
J Clin Microbiol. 1975 Feb;1(2):136-42. doi: 10.1128/jcm.1.2.136-142.1975.
Examination of 729 isolates of Proteus rettgeri showed that 674 reacted positively in tests for phenylalanine deamination, indole production, growth on citrate, and acid production from meso-inositol, and negatively for L-ornithine decarboxylation and acid production from lactose, maltose, D-xylose, and L-arabinose. Only 51 isolates differed in one, and four differed in two of these ten reactions, which were taken as the core characteristics of the species. On the basis of additional tests (acid production from salicin, L-rhamnose, D-mannitol, adonitol, and D-arabitol), the 729 isolates could be separated into five groups. Goups 1, 2, 3, and 4 could be further separated on the basis of the reaction with meso-erythritol, and group 5 could be subdivided on the basis of reaction with D-mannitol. Two metabolically distinct kinds of P. rettgeri were recognized. Isolates of the first kind (groups 1, 2, 3, and 4) each utilized both adonitol and D-arabitol and most utilized meso-erythritol. Isolates of the other kind (group 5) were negative with the three polyhydric alcohols but resembled, in their reactions, some strains of Providencia stuartii. These may be intermediates between P. rettgeri that catabolize these substrates and the Providencia.
对729株雷氏变形杆菌分离株的检测表明，674株在苯丙氨酸脱氨、吲哚产生、柠檬酸盐生长以及内消旋肌醇产酸试验中呈阳性反应，而在L-鸟氨酸脱羧以及乳糖、麦芽糖、D-木糖和L-阿拉伯糖产酸试验中呈阴性反应。只有51株分离株在这十种反应中的一种反应上存在差异，4株在其中两种反应上存在差异，这十种反应被视为该菌种的核心特征。根据额外的试验（水杨苷、L-鼠李糖、D-甘露醇、阿东醇和D-阿拉伯糖醇产酸试验），这729株分离株可分为五组。第1、2、3和4组可根据与内消旋赤藓醇的反应进一步分离，第5组可根据与D-甘露醇的反应再细分。识别出两种代谢上不同的雷氏变形杆菌。第一种类型的分离株（第1、2、3和4组）均利用阿东醇和D-阿拉伯糖醇，且大多数利用内消旋赤藓醇。另一种类型的分离株（第5组）对这三种多元醇呈阴性反应，但在反应方面与一些斯氏普罗威登斯菌菌株相似。这些可能是分解这些底物的雷氏变形杆菌与普罗威登斯菌之间的中间类型。
