Occurrence of viable, red-pigmented haloarchaea in the plumage of captive flamingoes

Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus spp.) whose plumage displays elegant colors, inhabit warm regions close to the ocean throughout the world. The pink or reddish color of their plumage originates from carotenoids ingested from carotenoid-abundant food sources, since flamingoes are unable to synthesize these...

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Autori principali: Yim, Kyung June, Kwon, Joseph, Cha, In-Tae, Oh, Kyung-Seo, Song, Hye Seon, Lee, Hae-Won, Rhee, Jin-Kyu, Song, Eun-Ji, Rho, Jeong Rae, Seo, Mi Lyu, Choi, Jong-Soon, Choi, Hak-Jong, Lee, Sung-Jae, Nam, Young-Do, Roh, Seong Woon
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639753/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26553382
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16425
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