In nature, there are many so-calledfood chains. Some animals feed on plants. Others - the flesh of organisms that consume plant foods. And those, in turn, can eat man. But the time ever comes to all living things, nature is so arranged.
Law of Nature's Renewal
In fact, imagine if organismsexisted forever? In the world, overcrowding would have occurred long ago, leading to a lack of stable nutrition, as well as to global environmental pollution. Therefore, according to the laws existing in the biosphere, all living organisms are born, grow up, leave offspring after themselves, grow old and die. And the biosphere is thus updated every second!
The kingdoms of nature: plants, animals, fungi, bacteria
They are all involved in this sensible andbalanced circulation of substances. And when any organism stops its vital activity, there comes an hour of decomposition of matter into components. And here bacteria and fungi come to the aid of nature itself. Why are mushrooms and bacteria called destroyers? This concept can be directly linked to their activities.
Saprophytes
So scientifically called those organisms thatexercise their food at the expense of the remains of other animals and plants. Basically, these include bacteria and fungi. They decompose the dead flesh into "source" - inorganic simplest compounds, trace elements, allowing nature to build new organisms from them or use existing ones for food. That is why mushrooms and bacteria are called destroyers. But with their corrupting activity, they do more good than harm.
World without saprophytes
Представьте себе, что бы произошло, если бы bacteria and fungi did not recycle dead cells? Life itself would have probably suffocated under an hourly increasing layer of dead remains. And saprophytes, carrying out nutrition, as if “utilize” dead tissues, act as orderlies or janitors, helping to remove unnecessary, recycle waste. That is why mushrooms and bacteria are called destroyers, utilizing the remains of dead organisms. Today, the positive effects of this global biological process on the environment have been scientifically proven.
Interesting biology: bacteria, fungi, plants - saprophytes
The concept itself has Greek roots and is derived from the two words "rotten" and "plants." What organisms can be attributed to this group?
- В первую очередь это многие бактерии.They decompose organic matter, cause food rot, participate in the mineralization and fixation of nitrogen. And some bacteria even break down cellulose, form hydrocarbons. Some microorganisms are particularly demanding of the substrate: only certain types of organic matter (for example, dairy products) are used as food. Others are almost omnivorous and can eat various organic compounds: alcohols, proteins, carbohydrates and acids.
- К данной группе можно отнести и многие крупные mushrooms After all, straw and humus, fallen leaves, dung, feathers, fallen horns and much more serve them as a substrate with nutrients. Summer mint, as a rule, lives on the remnants of foliage and trees, and false mushrooms choose conifers. White inlets develops in nitrogen-rich places. And microscopic saprophytic fungi spoil human food, making it unsuitable. Many mushrooms enter into symbiosis with higher plants, processing their waste into trace elements that plants can feed on from the soil. This process is mutually beneficial and is sometimes reflected in the names of the mushrooms themselves: boletus, boletus. The group of predator fungi feeding on small insects can also be referred to as saprophytes. Because when live prey is absent, they can feed on dead organics.
- There are saprophytes and among representatives of the fauna. These include: sundew, mistletoe, dodder, for example.
Now you know why fungi and bacteriaare called destroyers (rather, they mean their positive role in nature). All saprophytes and saprophages are “responsible” for the circulation of substances in the biosphere and the utilization of dead organisms, without which, probably, the planet would cease to exist.
