Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 1976810.1038/srep19768; published online: January272016; updated: April132016
This Article contains errors.
In the Methods section under subheading ‘Analysis of the effects of the herbicides and the herbicide-loaded nanoparticles on soil microbiota’,
“The chemical composition of the soil was characterized using X-ray fluorescence, considering the elements aluminum, calcium, chlorine, iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur, titanium, chromium, manganese, zinc, strontium, yttrium, zirconium, arsenic, and bromine (Table 2).”
should read:
“The chemical composition of the soil was characterized using X-ray fluorescence (University of Sorocaba multiuser laboratory of Applied Nuclear Physics – Lafinau), considering the elements aluminum, calcium, chlorine, iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur, titanium, chromium, manganese, zinc, strontium, yttrium, zirconium, arsenic, and bromine (Table 2).”
In Table 2, ‘mg/cm2’ should read ‘wt. (%)’. In addition, the error values were omitted. The correct Table 2 appears below as Table 1.
Table 1.
| Element | wt. (%) | Element | wt. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | 0.832 ± 0.398 | Titanium | 0.755 ± 0.048 |
| Calcium | 1.675 ± 0.036 | Chromium | 0.004 ± 0.000 |
| Chloro | 0.174 ± 0.120 | Manganese | 0.029 ± 0.002 |
| Iron | 5.654 ± 0.049 | Zinc | 0.007 ± 0.007 |
| Potassium | 0.454 ± 0.026 | Strontium | 0.008 ± 0.000 |
| Magnesium | 0.252 ± 1.008 | Ytrium | 0.002 ± 0.000 |
| Phosphurus | 0.004 ± 0.025 | Zirconium | 0.087 ± 0.001 |
| Silicon | 15.007 ± 1.905 | Arsenium | 0.000 ± 0.000 |
| Sulfur | 0.049 ± 0.032 | Bromine | 0.000 ± 0.000 |
In addition, the Acknowledgements section is incomplete.
“The authors would like to thank the following Brazilian funding agencies: São Paulo State Science Foundation (FAPESP, grants 2013-12322-2, 2013-07002-9, and 2014/21618-5), CNPq (grant 470529/2013-0), CAPES, and FUNDUNESP.”
should read:
“The authors would like to thank the following Brazilian funding agencies: São Paulo State Science Foundation (FAPESP, grants 2013-12322-2, 2013-07002-9, and 2014/21618-5), CNPq (grant 470529/2013-0), CAPES, and FUNDUNESP. Also the authors would like to thank Prof. José Martins de Oliveira Junior (University of Sorocaba) to X-ray fluorescence soil sample analysis and to the University of Sorocaba Multiuser Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Physics - Lafinau (supported by São Paulo Science Foundation - grant# 2012-15651-4).”