University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork; Cork;TEAGASC - The Agriculture and Food Development Authority;University College Cork;Alimentary Health Ltd.; National University of Ireland
The current invention provides use of a CLA-producing bacterium for the in vivo conversion in the gut of polyunsaturated fatty acids to CLA. The CLA-producing bacterium is selected from one or more of the group consisting of propionibacteria, lactobacilli, lactococci and streptococci, and bifidobacteria.