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Differentiate between a detritivore and a decomposer giving an example of each.

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Detritivores are the primary consumers of a detritus food chain which feed upon the detritus and include protozoan bacteria and hungi , while decomposer from the last tropic of both detritus and grazing food chain and break down the complex organic compound of dead plants and animals and include bacteria and fungi.
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