Correction to: BMC Microbiol 21, 181 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02245-8

Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors would need to modify the typographical error in the compound number in article title, from GSK140944 (current) to GSK2140944 (correct). The correct article title is shown above.

The original article has been corrected.