Most of the microorganisms that produce antibiotics live in the soil because:

  • A
    Darkness favours the synthesis of antibiotics.
  • B
    By the phenomenon of antibiosis,their growth,nutrition,and survival value are enhanced in the competitive world of soil microflora.
  • C
    They cannot obtain nutrition outside the soil.
  • D
    No one can easily misuse their antibiotics.

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