Question

Apart form plants and animals, microbes from a permanent biotic component in an ecosystem. While plants have been referred to as autotroophs and animals as heterotrophs, what are microbes referred to as? How do the microbes fulfil their energy requirements?

Answer 1

Microbes are referred to as heterotophs and saprotrophs. They fulfil their ener4gy requirement by feeding on dead remains of plants and animals through the process of decomsposition.