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. 2000 Oct;13(4):534–546. doi: 10.1128/cmr.13.4.534-546.2000

TABLE 7.

Database entries of Proteus, Providencia, and Morganella for human isolatesa

Species API 20E v. 10.1 BBL Crystal v. 3.0 RapID onE v. 1.93 Vitek
MicroScan
Biolog v. 3.5 Midi v. 3.9
GNI v. R 6.01 GNI+ v. R 6.01 Conv. v. 22.26 Rapid v. 22.26
Morganella morganii ×b × × × × × × × ×
Proteus mirabilis × × × × × × × × ×
Proteus penneri × × × ×/vulgarisc ×/vulgaris × × ×/vulgaris ×
Proteus vulgaris × × × (2 grp) ×/penneric ×/penneri × × ×/penneri ×
Providencia alcalifaciens × × × × × × × × ×
Providencia rettgeri × × × × × × × × ×
Providencia rustigianii × × × × × ×
Providencia stuartii × × × × × ×d × × ×
a

Updated from reference 65. v. refers to the software version. 

b

×, in the database. 

c

×/vulgaris and ×/penneri indicate that an additional off-line test is necessary to separate these two species. 

d

Will also detect P. stuartii urea positive.