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Bacteria require several essential elements to live and decompose dead material, including moisture, nutrients (such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus), and an appropriate temperature range. They thrive in environments that provide organic matter, which serves as a food source, allowing them to break down complex compounds. Additionally, bacteria often need access to oxygen for aerobic respiration, although some can also decompose material in anaerobic conditions. This decomposition process is vital for nutrient cycling in ecosystems.
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Will bacteria decompose a body?
Yes, but so do many other things like fly larvae called maggots.
Does fungus absorb the material it lives on?
Yes. Since Fungi are the ones that decompose things where it is to acidic for bacteria to survive, the fungi absorb the material around them. They secrete enzymes that cause decay and use the decomposed material as food.
What is bacteria a omnivore?
yes no maybe sobacteria is a decomposerbirch age nineNo, some bacteria are producers (e.g. cyanobacteria), some bacteria are decomposers, some bacteria cause diseases, etc.
What do fungi and bacteria eat in the arctic?
Well fungi are decomposers so they absorb the nutriens from dead things so the dead plant or animal breaks down into the soil and creates nutrients for other plants and fungi to absorb. I dont know much about bacteria though.
What is one way bacteria helps the environment?
Bacteria help the environment by breaking down organic matter like dead plants and animals, which helps to recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem. This process, known as decomposition, is essential for maintaining soil fertility and overall ecosystem health.
Bacteria gets its nutrients from?
Bacteria gets its nutrients mainly from dead things. The main function of bacteria is to decompose living things once they die and by doing this it gets it nutrients.
What helps things decompose?
bacteria and fungi. worms and insect larva will eat some of it.
What decompose a hawk?
What decomposes a hawk are many things - worm, fungi and bacteria. Sometimes maggets
Will bacteria decompose a body?
Yes, but so do many other things like fly larvae called maggots.
Explain the differences between parasitic and saprophytic bacteria?
Parasitic bacteria rely on living hosts for nutrients and cause harm to the host, while saprophytic bacteria obtain nutrients from dead organic matter without causing harm to living organisms. Parasitic bacteria typically have specialized mechanisms for invading host cells, while saprophytic bacteria decompose organic material through extracellular enzymes.
What might happen if we didn't have bacteria?
Dead things wouldn't be able to decompose, certain organisms wouldn't have food, and we wouldn't be able to breath oxygen
Is a cockroache a decomposer?
cockroaches eat things Bacteria decompose them
Why do organic things decompose faster than inorganic things?
Organic things contain carbon-based compounds that are more easily broken down by microorganisms like bacteria and fungi, which play a crucial role in decomposition. These microorganisms feed on the organic matter as a source of energy and nutrients, accelerating the decomposition process. Inorganic things, on the other hand, lack these compounds and are typically more resistant to microbial breakdown.
How do things decompose?
Decomposition is the breakdown of organic matter into simpler substances by microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. These decomposers feed on the organic material, breaking it down into nutrients that can be recycled back into the environment. Factors like temperature, moisture, and oxygen levels can influence the speed and efficiency of decomposition.
What is the different between a telescope and a microscope?
A telescope is used to enable people to see very distant things (typically these distant things are astronomical in nature, although telescopes are sometimes used to view things on Earth as well) and microscopes are used to enable people to see very small things, such as bacteria.
What two things contributes ammonia to the soil?
Some bacteria living in symbiotic relationship in plant's roots fix gaseous nitrogen to ammonia. Also when plants or animals die, some bacteria decompose proteins to ammonia.
Why do bodies decompose?
Living things that die start to rot. Bacteria and bugs eat them, and the body--being dead--doesn't have any systems in place to prevent this (unless the dead person has been embalmed, which slows the decomposition process). So bodies decompose.
