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Vast majority of bacteria are:

a
Photoautotrophs
b
Chemoautotrophs
c
Heterotrophs
d
Mixotrophs

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Correct option is C

The vast majority of bacteria are heterotrophs, i.e., they depend on other organisms or on dead organic matter for food. Some of the bacteria are autotrophic, i.e., they synthesise their own food from inorganic substrates. They may be photosynthetic autotrophic or chemosynthetic autotrophic.

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