It is quite interesting, but to offer a counterpoint to the article posted, it seems that its importance is inflated (as can be expected. The actual paper is slightly less fantastical https://elifesciences.org/articles/43599 and even that is embellished compared to the current understanding of multipartite viruses according to

https://medium.com/@devang/overstating-results-elife-and-dis... and its citations.