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Decomposers
This category covers questions about decomposers, organisms that break down other dead or decaying organisms to obtain energy for growth and development. Decomposers are formally known as saprotrophs.
510 Questions
What is the main decomposer of tomatoes?
The main decomposer of tomatoes is bacteria. This is what will feed on the dead organic matter and release nutrients into the atmosphere.
How long does it take for corn on the cob to decompose?
About 15-20 min! Is that the answer you wanted?
Why do only dead organisms decompose?
The very nature of living tissues is to maintain physiological stability. This is essential in varying and often hostile environments. There are numerous physiological and biochemical systems involved in maintaining cell wall/membrane integrity. In organisms t-cells and other antibodies are part of the immune system which protects cell tissue. Dead organisms no longer function as a system and are no longer be able to maintain or provide the required defence against bacterial or fungal attack. Decomposition is the break down of these tissues/cells into their chemical components which are either digested by de-composers or released directly into the environment.
What did the Mormons and members of the Oneida community have in common?
They did not believe in exclusive marriages.
What are responsible for recycling matter back into the food web once an organism has died?
Decomposers take care of this part of the cycle.
macro-organisms
example- bacilli
Some tortoises eat other animals waste such as hyena scat because it has lots of calcium in them. and since decomposer is known as a heterotrophic animal that feeds on dead or wastes of living organisms a tortoise especially the leopard tortoise can also be known as a decomposer.
The platypus gains energy by eating other organisms, meaning it is a carnivore. A platypus is not a decomposer because decomposers gain energy by decomposing dead organisms.
A horse is not a decomposer but it is a consumer because it eats live organisms. Decomposers eat dead organisms.
Are beatles consumers or decomposers?
Beetles are decomposers. I am a teacher and i once did an project where the beetles ate wood.
there are many decomposers like: bacteria, fungi, beetles, earthworms, milipedes, clams, freshwater shirmp, slug, bacteria in the air, and artic raven to name some decomposers
Food web
Explain how fungi and bacteria are some decomposers in a desert?
Fungi and bacteria work by recycling dead organisms and putting their nutrients back in to the soil in the desert. They feed on the dead organism and help to keep the ecosystem balanced.
What are the diseases of vermiculture composting?
Vermiculture composting involves using worms to break down organic matter added to the compost. As such, there are no "diseases" in the compost.
However one source cautioned to not let dogs or cats use the compost pile for urination and defecation, since animal wastes *could* add harmful bacteria that can colonize in the heat and nutrient-rich environment of a compost pile.
What are the decomposers in the desert?
Decomposers that burrow in the sand and are found in the desert include worms and beetles. There are also millipedes.
