Usually microorganisms help keep the nutrients in the soil cycling allowing for nutrients to be distributed all over. But they do what they can unless the disease is damaging to the soil itself therefore damaging the microorganisms working to keep the plant functioning.
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b, this is because a consumer, is something that consumes something, and the clam consumes the energy and nutrients when it filters the particles in from the water. Because it consumes these, it is a consumer for that reason. So, the answer is b. Hope this helps!!!
It is the “parent” generation, or the “paternal” one which the rest are observed from.