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How do you know that they aren't waste/intermediate products of some other cell, as opposed to being something that reproduces?

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How would they exist/maintain themselves without it's DNA counterpart?

ah, have you shown that there is no matching DNA in either the host or any of the bacteria that the host has?

The paper says: “in companion DNA-seq data from this project, no detectable Obelisk reads are found” which I think is getting at what you’re asking, but I’m not sure if my understanding is correct.

I’m also not sure if DNA-seq data refers to the human host, or just all DNA they were able to sequence (which would include bacteria as well I guess?)

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