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.
Tear involves pulling something apart or into pieces: She tore the letter in shreds (Edith Wharton). Rip implies rough or forcible tearing: Carpenters ripped up the old floorboards. Rend usually refers to violent tearing or wrenching apart and often appears in figurative contexts: The air was rent by thunder.ear. vb, tears, tearing, tore or torn. 1. to cause (material, paper, etc) to come apart or (of material, etc) to come apart; rip. 2. (tr) to make (a hole or split) in (something): to tear a hole in a dress.