Question

How would the plants in a specific environment be impacted if there was a sudden drop in the amount of bacteria present in that area?

Answer 1

@SolomonZelman

Answer 2

@ganeshie8

Answer 3

@TheSmartOne

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@iambatman

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@Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 6

isnt he offline?

Answer 7

your title says your a genuis are you sure you cant help?

Answer 8

Interesting question, I'm not really the best at this subject, maybe @Abhisar could help you, but depending on the type of bacteria (there's good and bad) the plants would either flourish if the harmful bacteria dies off, and would die if the good bacteria dies off.

Answer 9

Titles don't really mean anything

Answer 10

yeah ik but.. ok

Answer 11

its focusing on the good bacteria

Answer 12

So the plants will probably die then

Answer 13

hmm...

Answer 14

Try doing some research, interesting question :)

Answer 15

ok :} thanks anyways.

Answer 16

When bacteria decompose, they leave behind nutrients. These nutrients then filter into the soil, which then filters into the roots of the plant via the water that it sucks up. A loss in certain nutrients could be the death of this plant.

Answer 17

Np!

Answer 18

Ah see, black agrees!

Answer 19

alright thanks black

Answer 20

np xD

Answer 21

Depends on what kind of bacteria
there are bacterias that help plants to absorb essential nutrients for their living (because its hard for plant root itself to pick it up so these bacterias live in nodules of plant roots and absorb the nutrients from soil and in turn pass it to plant while plant gives it a habitat/home and food= pretty much good symbiotic relationship where both benefit from each other)

next there are decomposing group of bascterias
these ones decompose dead matter to its simplest form
making all nutrients from that matter available (meaning breaking them down to the form that can be taken up by plants) for plant uptake

next there are nitrogen fixing bacterias
now this group uses atmospheric nitrogen and converts it the form that again can be taken up by plant (because nitrogen is one of the important nutrient required by plants for healthy growth)

so now think if any of this group or all were to be gone
how would it effect the plant cell?