translation.en: Out of thousands of bacteria, we wanted to find ones that could break down phthalates, so we enriched our cultures with phthalates as the only carbon source.
translation.zh: 我们想要从上千种细菌中找出 可以分解邻苯二甲酸酯的， 为此我们用邻苯二甲酸酯作为 培养基中的唯一碳源。