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Escherichia coli is a common inhabitant of the human microbiota and a beacon model organism in biology. However, an understanding of its signaling systems that regulate population-level phenotypes known as quorum sensing remain incomplete. Here, we define the structure and biosynthesis of autoinducer-3 (AI-3), a metabolite of previously unknown […] View