Correction to: Biotechnology Letters (2019) 41:1201–1211 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-019-02724-z

In the original publication of the article, the affiliation of two co-authors Prajeesh Kooloth-Valappil and Meera Christopher was published incompletely. The correct affiliation of the authors should read "Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India".