Correction to: The ISME Journal (2014) 8, 1323–1335; doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.14; published online 20 February 2014

Since the publication of this article, the authors have identified two omissions within their paper, the main one being that the author affiliations were incomplete. The correct list is shown here.

In addition, the following was omitted from the acknowledgements section: Nicole Reichardt is funded by a Scottish Government Strategic Partnership on Food and Drink Science.

These omissions have now been rectified, and the correct article appears in this issue. The html and online pdf versions have also been rectified and now carry the correct paper.

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