How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs? Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolffia
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Three
Answer
(3) Six
Solution
Autotrophs (make their own food):
⇒ Nostoc – photosynthetic cyanobacterium
⇒ Chara – green alga
⇒ Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter – chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria
⇒ Porphyra – red alga
⇒ Wolffia – flowering plant (smallest angiosperm)
Heterotrophs: Lactobacillus (bacterium), Streptomyces (actinomycete), Saccharomyces (yeast, fungus) and Trypanosoma (protozoan).
∴ Number of autotrophs = 6
Answer: (3)