In the article by Hsie et al. that appears in the Journal of Microbiology 2012; 50, 526-534. Page 526, The corresponding author for the article should be Liang-Jung Chien, Graduate School of Biochemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology; 84 Gungjuan Rd., New Taipei 24301, Taiwan (ljchien@mail.mcut.edu.tw).