Decomposer: An organism, typically a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead organic matter and recycles nutrients.
How to apply it: Use decomposers to explain why nutrient cycling would collapse without microbial activity in soil.
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: The Living World: Ecosystems
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