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Published on: August 13, 2026
Majority of heterotrophic bacteria are
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Rationale: According to biological classification (NCERT), heterotrophic bacteria are the most abundant in nature, and the vast majority of them act as important decomposers.
Context: While many of these decomposers are technically saprophytes (feeding on dead/decaying matter), the primary ecological role used to describe the majority of heterotrophic bacteria is "decomposers".
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