This microbe is photosynthetic, but in the absence of light it can use organic compounds as an energy source.  Its carbon source is an organic compound.  The appropriate classification for this organism would be ________.

A. photoautotroph
B. lithotroph
C. chemoautotroph
D. photoheterotroph


Answer: D

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