Jan 19, 2015
Micro-organisms make the carbon in polymers in a dead worm available to cells in a leaf. Describe how.
Micro-organisms are saprobionts/saprophytes;
Secrete enzymes (onto dead tissue) / extracellular digestion;
Absorb products of digestion/smaller molecules/named relevant substance;
Respiration (by micro-organisms) produces carbon dioxide;
Carbon dioxide taken into leaves;
Through stomata.
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