Which old man connects ?
A
B
C
Amoeba Proteus ( A ) , Proteus Vulgaris ( B ) and Proteobacteria ( Eg. E.Coli – pic C ) have all been appropriately named after Proteus , the shape-shifting Greek sea-god . Proteus is also known as ‘The Old Man of the Sea’ .
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Proteus??
- Amoeba
- Peritrichous Flagella / bacteria
- E. Coli
Dunno. Theodore Escherich connects somehow?
Robert Koch
Third one is Ecoli named after its discoverer
Robert Koch became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the Tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the Vibrio cholera (1883)
Proteus – greek god and ‘old man of the sea’, who could assume many forms. Hence the shape shifting of amoebae, proteus baciili.
methuselah