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How are heterotrophic organisms divided in the ecological study of food interactions?

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Heterotrophs are divided into consumers and decomposers. An ecosystem can exist without consumers but it cannot be sustained without decomposers. Without decomposers, organic material would accumulate, causing environmental degradation and later the death of living organisms.

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