Correction to: Microb Cell Fact (2020) 19:188 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-020-01443

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in funding section. The correct funding note is given in this Correction article.

Funding: This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación/FEDER and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad/FEDER (Grant Numbers AGL2011-29,925 and AGL2015-66,131-C2-2-R, respectively). The original article has been revised.