TWO NEW SPECIES OF ASPERGILLUS HAVE DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM MACS - AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PUNE, MAHARSHTRA HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO NEW SPECIES OF ASPERGILLUS IN WESTERN GHATS.

* ASPERGILLUS SECTION NIGRI ( COMMONLY KNOWN AS - BLACK ASPERGILLUS ) 

* TWO SPECIES ARE - (1) ASPERGILLUS DHAKEPHALKARII & (2)  ASPERGILLUS PATRICIAWILTSHIREAE 

* BLACK ASPERGILLUS USED AS CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION, FOOD MYCOLOGY, FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE.