Correction:BMC Microbiol23, 196 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02933-7

Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors would like to change the second author’s name from “Suzan AbuRaya” to “Suzan Abou-Raya”. This has been corrected in the title as well as in the Author’s Affiliation section.