Feather-Degrading Bacteria: A New Frontier in Avian and Host–Parasite Research?

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Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria as a Possible Defence of Birds against Pathogenic Microorganisms (2010, background): “and, as we mentioned above, feathers sometimes harbour a complex bacterial community that mostly include feather degrading bacteria [48, 59].”
How Birds Combat Ectoparasites (2010, background): “5) Bacteria: several unrelated groups that decompose feathers [12].”
Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2009, unknown): “chicks in a nest were calculated following Kight and Swaddle (2007). We did not address male reproductive success in relation to body condition because we have”
Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study (2010, background): “Most bacteria detected on feathers belong to the genera Enterococcus, Staphylococcus (Parisien et al. 2008), Streptomyces (Omura et al. 2001) and Bacillus (Burtt & Ichida 1999; Gunderson 2008).”