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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005547.1 | GRPE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005548.1 | BETA-AMYLOID BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005549.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005550.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005551.1 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR V1 |
| OFRAG00000005552.1 | ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROTEIN MCBG |
| OFRAG00000005553.1 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR V1 |
| OFRAG00000005554.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005555.1 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR V1 |
| OFRAG00000005556.1 | ADHESION G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR V1 |
| OFRAG00000005557.1 | REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 22 |
| OFRAG00000005558.1 | RETINOVIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005558.2 | RETINOVIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005559.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN OF 290 KDA |
| OFRAG00000005560.1 | ELECTRON TRANSFER FLAVOPROTEIN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000005561.1 | VACUOLAR ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT H |
| OFRAG00000005562.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 |
| OFRAG00000005563.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005564.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005565.1 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000005566.1 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000005567.1 | NUCLEAR FACTOR INTERLEUKIN-3-REGULATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005568.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005569.1 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE FAMILY C1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005570.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT AND IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005571.1 | ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000005572.1 | ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MULTISPAN TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005573.1 | PER1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005574.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 173 |
| OFRAG00000005575.1 | INTEGRIN BETA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000005576.1 | DEP DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000005577.1 | 50S/60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L16 |
| OFRAG00000005578.1 | NUCLEAR CAP-BINDING PROTEIN SUBUNIT 3 |
| OFRAG00000005579.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN 63 |
| OFRAG00000005580.1 | ELONGATION FACTOR TU-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005581.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005582.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005583.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005584.1 | PHD FINGER PROTEIN 12 |
| OFRAG00000005585.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005586.1 | SRR1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005587.1 | BOLA-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005588.1 | TWO PORE CALCIUM CHANNEL PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005589.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005590.1 | IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN D |
| OFRAG00000005591.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000005592.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005593.1 | RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000005594.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 157 |
| OFRAG00000005595.1 |
