Look up: decomposer

1. decomposer
   An organism that breaks down the tissue and/or structures of dead organisms.
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2. Decomposer
   A heterotrophic organism that utilises dead organic matter as food, decomposing it into more simple substances.
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3. decomposer
   (Living things in their environment) an organism which eats dead organisms or animal droppings and breaks them down into simple materials.
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4. decomposer
   A plant, animal or micro-organism that feeds on the bodies of dead, rotting organisms and their waste and converts the matter back into nutrients that can be used by plants growing in the soil. Decomposers include fungi, mushrooms, bacteria, worms, and insects such as millipedes.
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5. decomposer
   (from the article `carbon cycle`) ...CO2 directly to the atmosphere as a by-product of their respiration. The carbon present in animal wastes and in the bodies of all organisms is ... ...hawk (tertiary consumer). Actually, in many cases the food chains of the ecosystem overlap and interconnect, forming what ecologists call a food ... ...
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6. Decomposer
   A type of detritivore. Decomposers play an important role in recycling organic matter back into inorganic nutrients in ecosystems. This recycling is done by decomposing complex organic matter and then coverting the less complex organic products into inorganic compounds and atoms. Much of the recycle...
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7. decomposer
   In biology, any organism that breaks down dead matter. Decomposers play a vital role in the ecosystem by freeing important chemical substances, such as nitrogen compounds, locked up in dead organisms or excrement. They feed on some of the released organic matter, but leave the rest to filter back in...
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8. Decomposer
   `Decomposers` (or `saprotrophs`) are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so carry out the natural process of decomposition. Like herbivores and predators, decomposers are heterotrophic, meaning that they use organic substrates to get their energy, carbon and nutrients ...
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9. Decomposer
   (album) `Decomposer` is the second album by The Matches, released by Epitaph Records on September 11, 2006 worldwide and on September 12, 2006. The band took an unusual approach to the album and enlisted the help of nine producers including John Feldmann of Goldfinger, Mark Hoppus of +...
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