Correction: Fungistatic and fungicidal capacity of a biosurfactant extract obtained from corn steep water (Foods, (2020) 9, 662, 10.3390/foods9050662)

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The authors would like to make the following correction to the published paper [1]: a few words should be corrected in the abstract, pages 7 and 9: ◦ In the Abstract, “bactericidal” should be “fungicidal”. ◦ In the Abstract, “low or high temperatures” should be “low temperatures”. ◦ In the Abstract, “(50% of inhibition)” should be “(50% of inhibition) at the highest concentration”. ◦ On page 7, in the sentence, “a fungicidal effect (82.5% of growth inhibition) was achieved at a biosurfactant concentration of 0.33 mg/mL”, “0.33 mg/mL” should be replaced by “0.99 mg/mL”. ◦ On Page 9, “resulted in inhibitions of 50% and 100% at 4◦C during an incubation period of 5 and 10 days” should be “resulted in inhibitions of 100% and 57% at 4◦C and 25◦C, during an incubation period of 5 and 11 days”. ◦ On Page 9, “a 100% inhibition effect on A brasiliensis was achieved after 10 days” should be “a 50% inhibition effect on A. brasiliensis was achieved after 10 days”. ◦ On Page 9, “39.6◦C” should be “40◦C”. ◦ On Page 9, “8.4◦C” should be “8.5◦C”. Figure 1 and Tables 2 and 4 in the published paper are not correct. Please see the correct versions as shown below. The authors would like include a clarification in the manuscript regarding the fungicidal capacity of the biosurfactant extract under evaluation at 0.33 mg/mL. This clarification is not the result of an error on the part of the journal: A short explanation should be included in the Results and Discussion section after the discussion of Table 4 regarding the fungicidal capacity of A. brasiliensis: ◦ “It was observed that the biosurfactant extract under evaluation showed a fungicidal capacity at low concentrations of biosurfactant, 0.33 mg/mL, at 4 _C against A. brasiliensis. Therefore, it could be stated that this biosurfactant extract possesses good fungicidal properties to be used as a preservative in foods storage under refrigeration conditions”. The Foods Editorial Office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers by these changes. The changes do not affect the scientific results. The published version will be updated on the article webpage, with a reference to this Correction.