Decomposers are found in the soil. Fungi, bacteria and earthworms are examples of decomposers that eat dead plants and animals.
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where would you find the most decomposers in the soil layer
Decomposers return nothing to the soil. The object being decomposed is what gets returned to the soil and the compounds depend on the item.
Soil organisms that turn dead organic matter into humus are called decomposers.
Decomposers are the organisms that convert the dead plants and animals into humus. The nutrients released by the decomposers are taken up by the roots of the plants. In this way, the decomposers help in recycling the nutrients. This is how soil, plants and decomposers are interrelated in a forest.
The kind of soil created is humus.
Decomposers eat dead material and make it into something that enriches the soil such as worms.
Decomposers.
The decomposers pass the minerals back into the soil
bacteria, earthworms or mites
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