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Bacterial pathogens most commonly use this class of metabolism. What are these pathogens?

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Most pathogenic bacteria are chemoheterotrophs. This means:

• Chemo - they obtain energy by the oxidation of electron donors (get their energy from chemical reactions, unlike phototrophs which use solar energy.

• Heterotrophs – they are unable to fix carbon to form their own organic compounds so they use organic (chemoorganoheterotrophs) or inorganic (chemolithoheterotrophs) components as energy sources.

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