Decomposers or saprotrophs are organisms that stab 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 for growth and development. Decomposers can break down cells ...
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(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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Any of various organisms (as many bacteria and fungi) that feed on and break down organic substances (such as dead plants and animals).
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An organism that eats dead plants and animals. A decomposer may also eat the waste of other organisms. Decomposers are very important for any ecosystem, providing plants with essential nutrients, and keeping dead matter and waste from piling up.
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A heterotrophic organism that utilises dead organic matter as food, decomposing it into more simple substances.
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(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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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 recycled inorganic nutrients are then consumed by produce...
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An organism that breaks down the tissue and/or structures of dead organisms.
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a life form that breaks down dead plant and animal tissues into simpler substances
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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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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 into the soil as dissolved nutrients, or pass in gas...
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An organism that gains energy by breaking down the final remains of living things. Predominantly bacteria and fungi, decomposers are important in freeing the last of minerals and nutrients from organics and recycling them back into the food web.
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a person or thing that decomposes. · an organism, usually a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals into simpler substances.
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