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Nastasia [14]
3 years ago
11

What is a substrate?

Biology
1 answer:
likoan [24]3 years ago
5 0
 a substrate is the surface on which an organism (such as a plant, fungus, or animal) lives. A substrate can include biotic or abiotic materials and animals. For example, encrusting algae that lives on a rock (its substrate) can be itself a substrate for an animal that lives on top of the algae.

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