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We report aqueous emulsions of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) that can intercept and report on the presence of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones (AHLs), a class of amphiphile used by many pathogenic bacteria to regulate quorum sensing (QS), monitor population densities, and initiate group activities including biofilm formation and virulence factor production. The concentration of AHL required to promote 'bipolar' to 'radial' transitions in micrometer-scale droplets of the nematic LC 4'-pentyl-cyanobiphenyl (5C decreases with i