Correction to: Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2018) 45:345–355 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-018-2029-1

In the online published article, row value “pIB139-metK1-metK2” in table 1 has been processed incorrectly. The correct table (Table 1) is given below

Table 1 Strains and plasmids used in this study