Erratum to: Microb Cell Fact (2017) 16:25 DOI 10.1186/s12934-017-0632-x

Upon publication of this article [1], it was brought to our attention that Figure 3 contained the following errors:

  1. 1.

    The figure shows the pathway towards Naringenin in which a single hydroxyl group is positioned incorrectly in Naringenin chalcone, Naringenin and Phloretin, because the bond connecting the right side ring system was accidentally placed towards carbon number 6 instead of carbon number 1.

  2. 2.

    In addition, the structures of Cinnamic acid and Coumaric acid are shown as their corresponding bases.

The above errors do not influence the science and conclusions presented in the article [1].