> deactivate and decompose it into nutrients you can use Viruses are just packages of protein, lipids, and nucleic acid, exactly like any other biological matt

> deactivate and decompose it into nutrients you can use Viruses are just packages of protein, lipids, and nucleic acid, exactly like any other biological matter. It's not particularly surprising that enzymes which can digest bacteria (Halteria's usual food) can also digest viruses.