But if our bacteria did not evolve to break down phthalates, they would have used some other kind of carbon source, and aerobic respiration would have led it to have end products such as carbon dioxide anyway.
でも このバクテリアが フタル酸エステル類を生分解しなくても 他の炭素源を使って 好気呼吸をするので どっちみち 二酸化炭素などの 最終生成物を生み出します