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Loading metrics Open Access Correction Tetsuro Kawano, Mihoko Imada, Pennapa Chamavit, Seiki Kobayashi, Tetsuo Hashimoto, Tomoyoshi Nozaki Tetsuro Kawano, Mihoko Imada, Pennapa Chamavit, Seiki Kobayashi, Tetsuo Hashimoto, Tomoyoshi Nozaki Published: May 30, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217215 The authors acknowledge that a closely related study was published in a 2015 Master’s thesis [1], and this work should have been cited and discussed in the article [2].

Our current taxonomic perspective on Entamoeba is largely based on small-subunit ribosomal RNA genes (SSU rDNA) from Entamoeba species identified in vertebrate hosts with minor exceptions such as E. moshkovskii from sewage water and E. marina from marine sediment. Other Entamoeba species have also been morphologically identified and described from non-vertebrate species such as insects; however, their genetic diversity remains unknown.