Special Issue "Functional Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria": Editorial.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are a diverse group of microorganisms of the order Lactobacillales in the Bacillota phylum, subdivision Bacilli , comprising, at this stage of taxonomic descriptions six families ( Aerococcaceae , Carnobacteriaceae , Enterococcaceae , Lactobacillaceae , Leuconostocaceae and Streptococcaceae ) [...].