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detritivores include ________. algae and photosynthetic bacteria wolves, lions, and oak trees bacteria and fungi millipedes, soil insects, and many ants species that can break down cellulose, bone, and other durable biopolymers
Detritivores are organisms that feed on dead organic material (detritus). Millipedes, soil - insects, and many ants are detritivores as they consume decaying plant and animal matter. Algae and photosynthetic bacteria are autotrophs. Wolves and lions are carnivores, oak trees are plants. Bacteria and fungi are decomposers (not the same as detritivores, though they both break down organic matter, detritivores ingest it while decomposers break it down through chemical processes). Species that break down cellulose, bone etc. are often decomposers or specialized organisms in the process of decomposition but not all are detritivores in the typical sense.
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millipedes, soil insects, and many ants