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What is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem?

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Decomposers feed on the excretory substances as well as dead bodies of plants and animals.
Bacteria and fungi are decomposers.
`rarr` They breakdown the complex organic substances into simple inorganic substances.
`rarr` Such simple inorganic substances are used up by the plants again.
`rarr` So, they play an important role in cyclic pathway of the elements.
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