Answer:
I’ve written an essay before about the role of decomposers in a food chain so I’ll just take it from that.
Step-by-step explanation:
Decomposition begins several minutes after death with a process called autolysis, or self-digestion. Soon after the heart stops beating, cells become deprived of oxygen, and their acidity increases as the toxic by-products of chemical reactions begin to collect inside them.
So, what is this so-called ‘autolysis’? Autolysis, also known as self-digestion, refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes. It may also refer to the digestion of an enzyme by another molecule of the same enzyme.
Decomposition is the process by which bacteria and fungi break dead organisms into their simple compounds.