Correction to: Microb Cell Fact (2018)17:182 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-018-1026-4

After publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged that one of the co-authors' names was erroneously deleted during the review process and, as a result, the name is missing from the published article.

The missing co-author name is Dr. Ram Prasad, who should be listed as the fifth author. Please find the corrected author group published with this correction.