There are various types of nematodes that can survive in the ground, food, and in people.

There are various types of nematodes that can survive in the ground, food, and in people. Most nematodes are less than 1 mm long and are almost invisible to the human eye; they are responsible for the 15% loss to crops per year world-wide. Nematodes are known as round worms and live off of many different things. Most plant feeding nematodes live in the soil and feed on plant roots, decreasing the plant’s intake of water and nutrients, and lowering their tolerance to other stresses like a drought. Herbivores are the plant parasites, their mouths are needlelike stylet that are used to cut through cells while they are eating it. Ectoparasites can stay in the soil and eat at the roots exterior. Endoparasites go through the roots and can live and survive within it. (Featured Creatures) Bacterivores are free living nematodes that only eat bacteria. They are valuable in the decomposition of matter. They include many members ofRhabditida bacterivore, Bacterivores mouth or stoma is a hollow tube like opening.

Fungivores nematodes feeds on fungi and have mouths like the herbivores. Many fungivores are composed of Aphelenchida, and are very important in decomposition as well. (Featured creatures) Predator nematodes live off other nematodes and on other animals of the same size. They eat both plant and free-living nematodes, predators are not easily found but some of them are in most soils. The Mononchida, is sole predator, though a few predators are found in the Dorylaimida and some other parts. Omnivores eat on more than one type of food. Some affiliates of the order Dorylaimida may eat on fungi, algae, and animals. (Featured Creature) There are unknown free-living nematodes that have not been studied very much, their food habits are unknown. The microscopic size of these give difficulties being able to give reason to their beings. With this feeding trait it may be categorized as a root or plant associate. Algivores eat off algae, different stages of insects and animal parasites are found in soil.

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