Correction to: Ann Microbiol 70, 38 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-020-01584-7

In the original article (Chebil et al. 2020), two authors were missing from the author’s list. Dr. Wafa Rjiba-Bahri and Dr. Hanen Ben Ismail have been added as co-authors for their contributions in designing the molecular biology work, conducting the laboratory work and drafting the article, and designing the study, respectively. Dr. Wafa Rjiba-Bahri and Dr. Hanen Ben Ismail declare no conflict of interest. The author’s list in the original article has been updated, as well as the list of affiliations and the statement in the Authors’ contributions.