Correction to: Biotechnol Biofuels (2020) 13:176 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-020-01815-8

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the author name of Muhammad Bilal.

The incorrect author name is: M. Bilal.

The correct author name is: Muhammad Bilal.

The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.