Osedax frankpressi is a species of bathypelagic polychaete worm that lives on the seabed. It is found on the carcase of a gray whale in Monterey Canyon, off the coast of California, at a depth of 2,891 m. And it is a small worm that speedily colonises the skeleton, sending out root-like threads that force their way into the bone marrow and absorb the nutrients.[5] Inside these root structures are bacteria in the order Oceanospirillales with which the worm is in symbiosis. It is probable that the presence of these bacteria, with their ability to metabolise organic material, enables the worms to live on carcases.
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osedax frankpressi | Annelida | deep-sea annelid worms | Hydrothermal vent | 1018 or 2,891 | coasts of California and Mexico | 283776 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 285Mb | Scaffold | 2023 | - | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | PRJNA283630 | 80.10% | 14,203 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms | nature communications | 37198188 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005255.2 | CALCIUM-INDEPENDENT PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IPLA2 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005256.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005257.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005258.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005259.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005260.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005261.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005262.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005263.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005263.2 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005264.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005265.1 | SH3 DOMAIN-BINDING GLUTAMIC ACID-RICH-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005266.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005267.1 | 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000005268.1 | N-MYC DOWNSTREAM REGULATED |
| OFRAG00000005269.1 | ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROTIN SCO1/SENC FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005270.1 | STRICTOSIDINE SYNTHASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005271.1 | DNA LIGASE 1/3 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005272.1 | GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000005273.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT 12 |
| OFRAG00000005273.2 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT 12 |
| OFRAG00000005274.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT IV |
| OFRAG00000005275.1 | RIKEN CDNA 6820408C15 |
| OFRAG00000005276.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005277.1 | CHARGED MULTIVESICULAR BODY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005278.1 | ARP2/3 COMPLEX 21 KD SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000005279.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005280.1 | HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE SETD1 |
| OFRAG00000005281.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005282.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000005283.1 | BAT4 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005284.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000005285.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 15 |
| OFRAG00000005286.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005287.1 | UPF0545 PROTEIN C22ORF39 |
| OFRAG00000005288.1 | PRION-LIKE- Q/N-RICH -DOMAIN-BEARING PROTEIN PROTEIN 44 |
| OFRAG00000005289.1 | PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005290.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005291.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005292.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 14 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005293.1 | UPF0728 PROTEIN C10ORF53 |
| OFRAG00000005294.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A,B |
| OFRAG00000005295.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005296.1 | TORSIN |
| OFRAG00000005297.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005298.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005299.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005300.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005301.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005302.1 |
