Correction to: BMC Microbiol 21, 343 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02408-7

Following the publication of the original article [1], author Hossein Meghdadi was not captured as corresponding author. On this paper, he is considered as the 2nd corresponding author, as shown in the author group section above.

The original article has been corrected.