Sentences with 'decomposers'
Example sentences and phrases with the word decomposers and other words derived from it.
• « When they die, animals and plants return to the soil where decomposers (fungi and bacteria: they have no chlorophyll) break them down to feed themselves; they break them down into their mineral elements, which return to the soil to restart the cycle. »
• « After death and excretion, animals and plants return to the soil in the form of remains, where they are attacked by micro-organisms called decomposers (fungi and bacteria, plants without chlorophyll). »
• « The decomposers take from the remains what they need to nourish themselves; what they do not use, which are mineral substances, is used to enrich the soil and make it more fertile. Humus, fertile soil, contains many of these substances. »