Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-14841-z, published online 10 August 2025

In the original version of this article, an outdated version of Figure 5 was incorrectly typeset.

The published incorrect Figure 5 and its legend appear below.

Fig. 5
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A simulated reaction using DNA mixtures mimicking airway secretions. The genomic DNA from 65,000 copies of the target species and genomic DNA from 32,500 copies, 16,250 copies, 8,125 copies, 4,063 copies, and 2,032 copies of other species (competitors) were mixed, amplified, sequenced, and classified using the method described in this report. The graph shows the proportion of the next-generation sequencer reads attributed to the target and each competitor. We consider that, in the cases of K. pneumoniae, M. tuberculosis, and S. aureus, the comparable number of reads between the target and competitor is likely due to a slight difference in PCR amplification efficiency, with the competitor being amplified more efficiently. We uploaded the FASTQ files obtained from the simulated reactions to https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14759736.

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