Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016) 109:1153–1160 DOI 10.1007/s10482-016-0717-2

In Fig. 2 and Supplementary Figs. S2 and S3 of the above paper, the lineage labelled “Abyssicoccus indicus YIM M12140T (KT935587)” should be labelled “Abyssicoccus albus YIM M12140T (KT935587)”.