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Assertion: Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria play a great rolie in recycling nutrients like nitrogen, posphorous, iron and sulphur.
Reason: Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria oxidise various inorganic substances to obtain energy.

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