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Helga [31]
3 years ago
5

What are the roles of a decomposer?

Chemistry
1 answer:
Kitty [74]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The roles of decomposers organisms are to degrade organic matter and contribute to the nutrition of the soil, which involves recycling the chemical elements needed by living organisms.

Explanation:

In nature, decomposers -such as bacteria and fungi- are heterotrophic organisms that require nourishment from organic matter in order to survive, being the last level of the food chains.

<u>The role of decomposers in an ecosystem can be summarized in two main functions</u>:

  1. <em>Degrading organic matter to convert complex substances into simple substances, which contributes to their own nutrition.</em>
  2. <em>To provide nutrients to the soil, which will be used by producers, plants, for their growth and development.</em>

An example of this is the degradation of proteins by decomposers, providing nitrogen to the soil that will subsequently be absorbed by plants to synthesize their nutrients.

Learn more:

Decomposers in food chains brainly.com/question/2634998

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