Suppose that a virus destroys all arthropods in a soil community. Which of the following is not a population that will benefit from this event?

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Soil Ecosystem

Soil provides a habitat or living environment for a large number of different species of organisms as well as plants. It provides all the essential nutrients and minerals for plants to grow. All these together form the soil ecosystem.