Correction to: The ISME Journal (2010) 4, 417–426; doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.127

Since the publication of this paper, the authors have noticed an error in the list of co-authors and affiliations. The correct list of co-authors and affiliations is shown below.

Hang Gao1,2,3, Frank Schreiber1, Gavin Collins1,4, Marlene M Jensen1,5, Olivera Svitlica1, Joel E Kostka1,6, Gaute Lavik1, Dirk de Beer1, Huai-yang Zhou2,7 and Marcel MM Kuypers1

1 Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; 2 Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy Sciences, Guangzhou, PR China; 3 Graduate School of Chinese Academy Sciences, Beijing, PR China; 4 Current address: Department of Microbiology and Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland; 5 Current address: Institute of Biology and Nordic Center of Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark; 6 Current address: Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Leroy Collins Research Lab, Tallahassee, FL, USA and 7 Current address: School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China.

The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.