Correction to: Pelagibaca bermudensis promotes biofuel competence of Tetraselmis striata in a broad range of abiotic stressors: dynamics of quorum-sensing precursors and strategic improvement in lipid productivity.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1097-9.].

Correction to: Biotechnol Biofuels (2018) 11:102 10.1186/s13068-018-1097-9

After publication of the original article [1], it was brought to our attention that Figs. 4, 5, and 6 and their captions were incorrect. The correct figures and captions are presented below:

Fig. 4

Biomass productivity and total lipid (%) content of Tetraselmis striata in axenic conditions (T) with different treatments of marine broth (MB) and Pelagibaca bermudensis exudates (t) in O3 medium. The values are presented in mean ± SD (n = 3). Error bars are showing SD. Post hoc analysis is shown in the Additional file 2: Table S1 (G, H) for comparing the means according to their significant difference (LSD)

Fig. 5

Biomass productivity and total lipid content of Tetraselmis striata under different exudates treatments. MB = Marine broth exudates, t = Exo-metabolites of P. bermudensis + Marine broth

Fig. 6

Cell abundance of T. striata in varying P. bermudensis exudates (t) and marine broth exudates (MB) in O3 media. The values are presented in mean ± SD (n = 3). Error bars are showing SD

Table 1 also contained an error. The column title ‘Light (µM cm − 2 S − 1)’ should instead be ‘Light (µM m− 2 S − 1)’.

In the ‘Results and discussion’ session the following sentence is incorrect:

‘In fact, the dead cells could be degraded by the HHQ and the degradation complex molecules were probably simpler growth metabolites that could be used by the active cells of T. striata and P. bermudensis. HHQ is also known to degrade dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) [44].’

The correct sentence is as follows:

‘In fact, the dead cells could be degraded by the P. bermudensis and the degradation complex molecules were probably simpler growth metabolites that could be used by the active cells of T. striata and P. bermudensis. P. bermudensis is also known to degrade dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) [44].’