“…Dairy starter bacteria strains which are able to convert linoleic acid to CLA in vitro have been identified, such as propionibacteria (Jiang, Bjo¨rck, & Fonde´n, 1998), lactic acid bacteria (Kim & Liu, 2002;Lin, Lin, & Lee, 1999) and bifidobacteria (Coakley et al, 2003;Oh et al, 2003;Song et al, 2005). The conversion has been suggested to result from the action of the isomerase enzyme (Lin, 2006;Lin, Lin, & Wang, 2002.…”