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. 2020 Sep 24;10:16027. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72918-3

Author Correction: Plantaricin NC8 αβ exerts potent antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus spp. and enhances the effects of antibiotics

Torbjörn Bengtsson 1,#, Robert Selegård 1,2,#, Amani Musa 1, Kjell Hultenby 3, Johanna Utterström 2, Petter Sivlér 4, Mårten Skog 4, Fariba Nayeri 5, Bengt Hellmark 6, Bo Söderquist 1,6, Daniel Aili 2, Hazem Khalaf 1,
PMCID: PMC7515862  PMID: 32973307

Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-020-60570-w, published online 27 February 2020

The original version of this Article contained an error in the Abstract.

“Of the truncated peptides, β1–22, β7–34 and β1–20 retained an inhibitory activity.”

now reads:

“Of the truncated peptides, α1-22, β7–34 and β1–20 retained an inhibitory activity.”

In addition, the Authors neglected to cite a key reference related to Lactobacillus plantarum NC8 within the Introduction,

“Strains of Lactobacillus plantarum are generally recognized as probiotic and are used as dietary supplements, and have been reported to express several bacteriocins that belong to class IIb, including PLNC8 αβ8.”

now reads:

“Strains of Lactobacillus plantarum are generally recognized as probiotic and are used as dietary supplements, and have been reported to express several bacteriocins that belong to class IIb, including PLNC8 αβ8. These peptides have previously been sequenced and reported to be expressed in the presence of other bacteria, such as Lactococcus lactis MG 13639. Full antimicrobial activity of PLNC8 is achieved through the complementary action of both PLNC8 α and β in a molar ratio of 1:169.”


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