What is the synthetic mode of nutrition?
                                
                                
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                                Over 99% of known organisms on Earth rely on the sun's energy, but some remarkable bacteria have developed a different survival strategy. This adaptation is known as the synthetic mode of nutrition, or chemosynthesis, a process where organisms synthesize their own food using chemical energy from inorganic compounds.