The chromosomes of Bifidobacterium longum contain 60% Guanine cytosine bonds. This microbe has a genome length of 2.26Mb. Often found as a supplement in yogurts or other fermented foods, Bifidobacterium longum converts sugars into lactic acid via fermentation. This helps to lower the pH in the lower intestine.
Verb[edit] shear â(third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared) To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
Synonym Study Expand. 1. Tear, rend, rip mean to pull apart. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter. Rend implies force or violence in tearing apart or in pieces: to rend one's clothes in grief.