If the bacteria has a capsule, it's more likely to be able to spread or cause a disease. The capsule greatens the chance, as its function is to protect the bacteria, as well as to keep it thriving and alive.
If you are asking if that is true or false, it is false because all fungus like protists are heterotrophs, not autotrophs
I think it is a petrified fossil but you didn't give any choices
