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5
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Highly toxic chemicals produced by some fungi
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6
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General term to refer to animals
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7
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Zone of soil significantly influenced by living roots
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8
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Symbiotic association between certain fungi and the roots of higher plants
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9
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Organism that feeds on the debris of dead tissues left by plants on the soil surface
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10
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Organism that eats live plants
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13
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Organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material
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16
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General term to refer to plants and non-animal organisms
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1
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Group of soil organisms with the largest total biomass in the soil
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2
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Earthworm 'poop' (globules of soil that have passed through the gut of an earthworm)
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3
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Microscopic, unsegmented roundworms
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4
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Group of filamentous bacteria that are often branched (look like tiny fungi)
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11
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Group of soil organisms with the largest numbers in the soil
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12
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Individual microscopic fungal filaments
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14
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Organism that lives off of, but does not consume, another organism
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15
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Mobile, single-celled creatures that capture and engulf their food
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