Microbes at the mall

Dr. Jo Anne Crouch, a USDA researcher, found that the microbial community associated with the grass at the National Mall in DC was not significantly altered following a massive rennovation that was recently completed. You can read more about this project in the research article published in Crop Science. The findings were a surprise because the microflora of the New Jersey sod farm and the National Mall were expected to be much different. In the end, the resident National Mall…