Editing Equol (section)

===Equol producing bacteria===
While many more bacteria are involved in the related intermediate process of equol production, such as conversion of daidzin to daidzein, or [[genistein]] to 5-Hydroxy-equol, the bacteria that achieve the ''complete conversion'' of daidzein to (S)-equol,<ref name="pmid15883431">{{cite journal | vauthors = Setchell KD, Clerici C, Lephart ED, Cole SJ, Heenan C, Castellani D, Wolfe BE, Nechemias-Zimmer L, Brown NM, Lund TD, Handa RJ, Heubi JE | title = S-equol, a potent ligand for estrogen receptor beta, is the exclusive enantiomeric form of the soy isoflavone metabolite produced by human intestinal bacterial flora | journal = Am. J. Clin. Nutr. | volume = 81 | issue = 5 | pages = 1072–9 | year = 2005 | pmid = 15883431 | doi = 10.1093/ajcn/81.5.1072| doi-access = free }}</ref> include:<ref>{{Cite journal |pmc = 2884333|year = 2010|last1 = Setchell|first1 = K. D.|title = Equol: History, Chemistry, and Formation|journal = The Journal of Nutrition|volume = 140|issue = 7|pages = 1355S–1362S|last2 = Clerici|first2 = C.|pmid = 20519412|doi = 10.3945/jn.109.119776}}</ref>
* [[Adlercreutzia|Adlercreutzia equolifaciens]]
* [[Asaccharobacter celatus|Asaccharobacter celatus AHU1763]]
* [[Bacteroides|Bacteroides ovatus]]
* [[Bifidobacterium]]
* [[Bifidobacterium animalis]]
* [[Coriobacteriaceae|Coriobacteriaceae sp MT1B9]]
* [[Eggerthella|Eggerthella sp YY7918]]
* [[Enterococcus faecium]]
* [[Eubacterium|Eubacterium sp D1 and D2]]
* [[Finegoldia|Finegoldia magna]]
* [[Lactobacillus mucosae]]
* [[Lactobacillus|Lactobacillus sp Niu-O16]]
* [[Lactococcus garvieae|Lactococcus garvieae (Lc 20-92)]]
* [[Ruminococcus|Ruminococcus productus]]
* [[Slackia|Slackia sp HE8]]
* [[Slackia equolifaciens|Slackia equolifaciens (Strain DZE)]]
* [[Streptococcus intermedius]]
* [[Veillonella|Veillonella sp]]

Conversion by Bifidobacterium has only been reported once by Tsangalis et al. in 2002<ref>{{Cite book |last1=V |first1=Ravishankar Rai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2c_MBQAAQBAJ&dq=Conversion+by+Bifidobacterium+has+only+been+reported+once+by+Tsangalis+et+al.+in+2002&pg=PA295 |title=Beneficial Microbes in Fermented and Functional Foods |last2=Bai |first2=Jamuna A. |date=2014-12-17 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4822-0663-0 |language=en}}</ref> and not reproduced since.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zaJ6teJ1KiYC&pg=PA105 Bifidobacteria: Genomics and Molecular Aspects] Mixed cultures such as [[Lactobacillus]] sp. Niu-O16 and [[Eggerthella]] sp. Julong 732 can also produce (''S'')-equol.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zaJ6teJ1KiYC&pg=PA104 Bifidobacteria: Genomics and Molecular Aspects] Some equol producing bacteria, as implied by their nomenclature, are [[Adlercreutzia]] equolifaciens, [[Slackia equolifaciens]] and [[Slackia isoflavoniconvertens]].