Bacteria perform each of the following ecological roles. Which role typically does not involve a symbiosis?
A) skin commensalist
B) decomposer
C) aggregates with methane-consuming archaea
D) gut mutualist
E) pathogen

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Decomposers break down dead organic matter, but do not typically have a symbiotic relationship with another organism. The other choices all involve some form of interaction or relationship with another organism.

Bacteria Perform Each of the Following Ecological Roles