Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05916-7, published online 25 July 2017

This Article contains a typographical error in the Methods section under subheading ‘Generation and complementation of ∆lldD1 and ∆lldD2 deletion mutants in Mtb’ where,

“Therefore, cosmids containing the lldD1 (Rv0698) or the lldD2 (Rv1872c) gene were isolated via colony blot hybridization from an Mtb H37Rv cosmid library49.”

should read:

“Therefore, cosmids containing the lldD1 (Rv0694) or the lldD2 (Rv1872c) gene were isolated via colony blot hybridization from an Mtb H37Rv cosmid library49.”