Correction: Similar growth potentials of cyanobacteria and algae explain their coexistence in desert soils (Scientific Reports, (2025), 16, 1, (830), 10.1038/s41598-025-30489-1)

Correction to: Scientific Reportshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-30489-1, published online 01 December 2025 The original version of this Article contained an error in the Introduction section. “Cyanobacteria had evolved oxygenic photosynthesis during the Mesoarchaean (3.2–2.8 million years ago) and became dominant in virtually all sunlit environments by 2.7 billion years ago.” now reads: “Cyanobacteria had evolved oxygenic photosynthesis during the Mesoarchaean (3.2–2.8 billion years ago) and became dominant in virtually all sunlit environments by 2.7 billion years ago.” The original Article has been corrected.