Could viruses be supplying C,N,P to energy starved cells in the deep subsurface? How could we assess for this besides the use of isotopes?

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This question came up after reading the paper by Engelhardt et al., 2015.

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So it seems that C N and P from viruses could support benthic communities based on the work by Dell'Anno et al 2015.

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