Erratum to: Arch Microbiol DOI 10.1007/s00203-011-0761-2

In the original publication the x-axis labelling in Fig. 2 was not described and the unit “ag ml−1” on y-axis of Fig. 2c should read “ag cell−1”. The corrected figure is given here.

Fig. 2
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Changes over time in the a cell densities, b BChl a concentration, and c cellular BChl a levels of OBYS 0001 (filled circle) and NBRC 14126 (open circle)