One more peculiarity. When we talk about satellites in bacteria they are "satellite nucleic acids", not "satellite viruses" (which are common in plants). However, correct me if I'm wrong but these guys are bona fide satellite viruses because they encode for their own capsid proteins. [8/n]

So, these these phages are unconventional in many ways. I'm grateful to all coauthors for this exciting collaboration. A lot of open questions remain and if some of you have a better idea than we do about what's going on, take the lead! Link to the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... [9/9]