{"id":131235,"date":"2026-10-30T14:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131235"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:37:20","slug":"mollisia-sokpayensia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mollisia-sokpayensia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mollisia sokpayensia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mollisia sokpayensia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of microbiologists recently discovered a novel fungal species named Mollisia sokpayensia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mollisia sokpayensia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>fungus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>fungal endophyte<\/b> <b>isolated from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>rhizome of Panax sokpayensis, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><b>rare and high-value medicinal plant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found in the<\/span><b> Sikkim Himalaya.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mollisia sokpayensia has been named after its host plant, recognising the association between the fungus and the medicinal species.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200bIn the laboratory, the fungus was <\/span><b>isolated using Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><b>commonly used medium for cultivating fungi.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species exhibited notably <\/span><b>slow growth under laboratory <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>At 28\u00b0C,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its colonies initially appeared <\/span><b>cottony and brown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, reaching a diameter of 2\u20133 cm after six days and approximately<\/span><b> 8 cm after 14 days.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The colonies gradually <\/span><b>changed colour from brown to blackish-brown.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What are Fungal Endophytes?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>microorganisms <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><b>inhabit the internal tissues of healthy plants without causing visible disease symptoms.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are quite <\/span><b>distinct from the fungi that grow on the surface of plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>epiphytic fungi).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can <\/span><b>form associations with their hosts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and are increasingly studied for<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their <\/span><b>potential to produce bioactive compounds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> relevant to medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatodayne.in\/manipur\/story\/manipur-microbiologist-leads-discovery-of-new-fungal-species-in-rare-sikkim-medicinal-plant-1468992-2026-10-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mollisia sokpayensia is a fungal endophyte isolated from a rhizome of Panax sokpayensis, a rare and high-value medicinal plant found in the Sikkim Himalaya. 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