1 A unit-quantity of electricity used as a measure of the amount of electrical charge that may be obtained from a storage battery before it requires recharging. 2  Ampere-Hour Capacity -- The number of ampere-hours which can be delivered by a storage battery on a single discharge.
A: Bacteria obtain energy by either ingesting other organisms and organic compounds or by producing their own food. The bacteria that produce their own food are called autotrophs. Bacteria that must consume other organic molecules for energy are called heterotrophs.
1 Transformation: bacteria simply absorb, across their cell membrane and cell wall, DNA that is floating around in the environment. 2  Conjugation: bacteria directly transfer DNA from one bacterium to another through structures called pilli. Transformation: bacteria simply absorb, across their cell membrane and cell wall, DNA that is floating around in the environment. 2  Conjugation: bacteria directly transfer DNA from one bacterium to another through structures called pilli.