India, Sept. 10 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Researchers from the MACS-Agharkar Research Institute in Pune, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, have identified two novel species of Aspergillus section Nigri (commonly known as black aspergillus), Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae, and reported the first geographic record of two black aspergilli A. aculeatinus and A. brunneoviolaceus, from soil samples collected from the Western Ghats.
The findings underscore the critical need for continued exploration and conservation of this ecologically sensitive hotspot, which holds immense scientific, ecological, and biotechnological signif...