Question

what is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem​

Answer 1

Decomposers feed on dead things: dead plant materials such as leaf litter and wood, animal carcasses, and feces. They perform a valuable service as Earth's cleanup crew. Without decomposers, dead leaves, dead insects, and dead animals would pile up everywhere.

Answer 2

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Role of Decomposers in Ecosystem:-

• Break down dead and waste organic material
• Bacteria and fungi feed saprotrophically and are called saprophytes
• They secrete enzymes onto dead material
• The enzyme digests the material into small molecules
• Molecules then absorbed into organism

If bacteria and fungi did not do this then energy and nutrients would remain trapped within dead organismns. Microbes get a supply of energy this way and also recycle these trapped nutrients for other organisms