BACTERIAL DEGRADATION OF BLACK AND WHITE FEATHERS

By G. Goldstein, Kelly R. Flory, B. Browne, Samia Majid, J. Ichida, Edward H. Burtt Jr.. 2004

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Feather-Degrading Bacteria: A New Frontier in Avian and Host–Parasite Research? (2008, background): “Feathers colored by melanins are also more resistant to FDB than unpigmented feathers (Goldstein et al. 2004, Gunderson et al. 2008; but see Grande et al. 2004).”
How Birds Combat Ectoparasites (2010, result): “[66] suggested that melanized feathers resisted degradation by FDB; however, this study was performed without adequate controls or replicates [67].”
Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study (2010, background): “The feather colour that B. licheniformis more easily degrades is however controversial, and although Goldstein et al. (2004) demonstrated that white feathers are better degraded byB. licheniformis (apparently because of the absence of melanin that makes feather degradation especially easy), Grande,…”