The significance of chemosynthetic bacteria in an ecosystem

• Chemosynthetic bacteria e.g. Azobacter fix nitrogen into the soil.
• Saprotrophic bacteria cause decay of waste materials and lead to formation of humus and recycling of minerals.
• Chemosynthetic bacteria e.g. Nitrosomonas and nitrobacter convert organically combined nitrogen (e.g. protein) to nitrate which are absorbed by plants.
• They are produce food for other organism in ecosystem

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