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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005793.1 | B30.2/SPRY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005793.2 | B30.2/SPRY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005794.1 | B30.2/SPRY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005795.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005796.1 | PROTEIN CBG12474 |
| OFRAG00000005797.1 | FIDIPIDINE |
| OFRAG00000005798.1 | FIDIPIDINE |
| OFRAG00000005799.1 | PROTEIN KISH-A |
| OFRAG00000005800.1 | CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFIC FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000005801.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT SDS22-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005802.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE B14 SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000005803.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE B14 SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000005804.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005805.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005806.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005807.1 | RNA-BINDING (RRM/RBD/RNP MOTIFS) FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005808.1 | SERINE-THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005809.1 | FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005810.1 | TRANSFORMER-2 SEX-DETERMINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005811.1 | LYSINE-SPECIFIC DEMETHYLASE |
| OFRAG00000005812.1 | DYNEIN REGULATORY COMPLEX PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000005813.1 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX ZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000005814.1 | ASPARTYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000005815.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS |
| OFRAG00000005816.1 | CADHERIN-23 |
| OFRAG00000005817.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005818.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005819.1 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005820.1 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005821.1 | NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN 7/ESTROGEN RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005822.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE PP2A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005823.1 | ATILLA, ISOFORM B-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005824.1 | RHO FAMILY GTPASE |
| OFRAG00000005825.1 | TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005826.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000005827.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005828.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 29 |
| OFRAG00000005829.1 | CHEMOKINE C-C MOTIF RECEPTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000005830.1 | NEDD4 FAMILY INTERACTING PROTEIN 1/2 |
| OFRAG00000005831.1 | NGFI-A BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005832.1 | SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION |
| OFRAG00000005833.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005834.1 | C-TERMINAL-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000005835.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005836.1 | GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE |
| OFRAG00000005837.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000005838.1 | RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS PROTEIN NSA2 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000005839.1 | DNAJ-LIKE-2, ISOFORM A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005840.1 | DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000005841.1 | CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATIONS PROTEIN 2 HOMOLOG |
