Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek DOI 10.1007/s10482-012-9790-3

The original publication of the article contains an error in the proposed name of the class Chloroflexi class. nov. The correct name of this proposed class should be Chloroflexia class. nov. and its correct description should be as given below.

Description of the class Chloroflexia class. nov.

Chlo.ro.flex’i.a. N L. masc. n. Chloroflexus, type genus of the type order of the class; suff. -ia, ending denoting a class; N.L. neut. pl. n. Chloroflexia, class of the order Chloroflexales.