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Front. Microbiol., 11 October 2023
Sec. Microbiotechnology
Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1303835

Corrigendum: Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium

This article is a correction to:

  1. Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium

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\r\nMubasher Zahir HoqueMubasher Zahir Hoque1Abdulrahman AlqahtaniAbdulrahman Alqahtani1Saravanan SankaranSaravanan Sankaran1Deepak AnandDeepak Anand1Musa M. Musa,Musa M. Musa2,3Alexis Nzila,Alexis Nzila1,4Gea GuerrieroGea Guerriero5Khawar Sohail SiddiquiKhawar Sohail Siddiqui6Irshad Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad1,4*
  • 1Department of Bioengineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 3Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining and Advanced Chemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 4Interdisciplinary Research Center for Membranes and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 5Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Hautcharage, Luxembourg
  • 6School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS), The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

A corrigendum on
Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium

by Hoque, M. Z., Alqahtani, A, Sankaran, S., Anand, D., Musa, M. M., Nzila, A., Guerriero, G., Siddiqui, K. S., and Ahmad, I. (2023). Front. Microbiol. 14:1227210. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1227210

In the published article, there was an error in the author list, and author Abdulrahman Alqahtani was erroneously excluded. The corrected author list appears below.

Mubasher Zahir Hoque1, Abdulrahman Alqahtani1, Saravanan Sankaran1, Deepak Anand1, Musa M. Musa2,3, Alexis Nzila1,4, Gea Guerriero5, Khawar Sohail Siddiqui6 and Irshad Ahmad1,4*

As a result of the addition of author AA, the author contributions statement should now be as follows: “MH, AA, SS, DA, AN, and IA designed the study. MH, AA, SS, and MM performed the experiment. AA, GG, KS, MM, and IA analyzed the data. MH, AA, SS, DA, and IA wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.”

The citation has been updated as follows: “Hoque MZ, Alqahtani A, Sankaran S, Anand D, Musa MM, Nzila A, Guerriero G, Siddiqui KS and Ahmad I (2023) Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium. Front. Microbiol. 14:1227210. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1227210”.

The copyright statement has been updated as follows: “Copyright © 2023 Hoque, Alqahtani, Sankaran, Anand, Musa, Nzila, Guerriero, Siddiqui and Ahmad. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.”

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: microalgal-bacterial consortium, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phenanthrene and anthracene, biodegradation genes, petrogenic pollutants, water contaminants, Gonium pectorale

Citation: Hoque MZ, Alqahtani A, Sankaran S, Anand D, Musa MM, Nzila A, Guerriero G, Siddiqui KS and Ahmad I (2023) Corrigendum: Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium. Front. Microbiol. 14:1303835. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1303835

Received: 28 September 2023; Accepted: 02 October 2023;
Published: 11 October 2023.

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Copyright © 2023 Hoque, Alqahtani, Sankaran, Anand, Musa, Nzila, Guerriero, Siddiqui and Ahmad. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Irshad Ahmad, irshad@kfupm.edu.sa

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.