Erratum to: Biotechnol Biofuels (2015) 8:192 DOI 10.1186/s13068-015-0369-x

Following publication of the original article in Biotechnology for Biofuels [1], it was brought to our attention that Zechong Guo was incorrectly listed as the corresponding author. The correct corresponding authors are Aijie Wang (waj0578@hit.edu.cn) and Wenzong Liu (wzliu@rcees.ac.cn). We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.