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What do Fungi and Bacteria do in the Soil? |
 | | Soil micro organisms -- the fungi, bacteria, and a subcategory of bacteria called actinomycetes -- and the macro organisms (worms, springtails, millipedes, centipedes, bugs and beetles) are essentially responsible for the trash patrol. |
 | | The micro organisms can both use and provide nitrogen, depending on stage of decomposition and the types of reside and micro organisms present. |
 | | So, the micro organisms mostly are change agents, changing nitrogen first from one organic form to another and then to inorganic forms, with some nitrogen tied up in the body parts of the micro organisms. |
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