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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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26553382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16425