<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/link-illuminating-the-source-sink-balancing-act-of-photosynthetic-tiny-green-bacteria.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Illuminating the source-sink balancing act of photosynthetic 'tiny green bacteria'</title><description>A recent publication in Metabolic Engineering authored by MSU researchers looks at how cyanobacteria balance cellular energy between “source and sink,” which may have downstream applications in bioproduction. </description><pubDate>02/07/2024</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/preview-link-cyanobacteria.jpg" alt="Rod-shaped cyanobacteria glow green under a microscope"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://prl.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/2024-02-illuminating-the-source-sink-balancing-act-of-photosynthetic-tiny-green-bacteria.aspx</externalNewsArticleLink></item>