Chemical warfare? Effects of uropygial oil on feather‐degrading bacteria
By M. Shawkey, S. R. Pillai, G. E. Hill. 2003
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Subfields: Biotechnology, Immunology, Molecular Biology
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- Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic- producing bacteria that live in their uropygial gland (2008, background): “It is well known that the uropygial secretions of birds may contain antibiotic substances (Jacob & Ziswiler 1982; Shawkey, Pillai & Hill 2003 ) and, in accordance, we here found that brown but not white secretion of hoopoes had antimicrobial properties.”
- Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study (2010, background): “Nest lining feathers harbour microorganisms that in most cases are feather degrading bacteria or fungi (e.g. Pugh & Evans 1970; Shawkey, Pillai & Hill 2003; Cristol et al. 2005) that could infest incubating adults or growing nestlings.”
- How Birds Combat Ectoparasites (2010, background): “[101] suggest that uropygial oil might benefit birds by promoting the growth of bacteria or fungi that out compete or otherwise exclude more virulent microbes.”
- Antibiotic-Producing Bacteria as a Possible Defence of Birds against Pathogenic Microorganisms (2010, background): “Preen gland secretion is used by birds, among other purposes, to prevent pathogenic infections of feathers and skin [48, 49].”
- Feather-Degrading Bacteria: A New Frontier in Avian and Host–Parasite Research? (2008, background): “More inclusive cultivation methods detected FDB on 88% of male Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis; Shawkey et al. 2007) and found a phylogenetically diverse assemblage of FDB on House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus; Shawkey et al. 2003).”
- Personal immunity versus social immunity (2010, background): “For example, the uropygial secretion with which birds preen their feathers has been shown to have antimicrobial activity and is used to protect the feathers from feather-degrading bacteria (Shawkey et al. 2003; Martin-Vivaldi et al. 2010).”
- Seasonal, sexual and developmental differences in hoopoe Upupa epops preen gland morphology and secretions: evidence for a role of bacteria (2009, background): “Because, from other bird species, the antimicrobial activity of different components of secretions is known (Jacob and Ziswiler 1982, Jacob et al. 1997, Shawkey et al. 2003 ), it is possible that females used such abundant secretion to cover the eggs and protect them against pathogens (as suggested”
- Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (2009, unknown): “…preen oil composition (Jacob et al. 1979, Kolattukudy 1987, Reneerkens et al. 2002) could lead to sex differences in plumage bacteria composition because preen oil can influence bacterial growth (Bandyopadhyay and Bhattacharyya 1996, Jacob et al. 1997, Shawkey et al. 2003, Reneerkens et al. 2008).”
- BIRD ODORS AND OTHER CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES: A DEFENSE MECHANISM OR OVERLOOKED MODE OF INTRASPECIFIC COMMUNICATION? (2007, background): “This includes protection against predators, ectoparasites, and microbes and can involve substances that act as an interspecifi c deterrent or signal (e.g., Cott 1947, Swennen 1968, Dumbacher et al. 1992, Mouritsen and Madsen 1994, Douglas et al. 2001, Shawkey et al. 2003).”
- Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: is it really so black and white? (2008, unknown): “Preen oil can inhibit the growth of FDB (Shawkey et al. 2003) and the physical act of preening may dislodge or damage bacteria (Clayton 1999).”