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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000005887.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005888.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005889.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005890.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005891.1 | LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005892.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005893.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005894.1 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000005895.1 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000005896.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005897.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005898.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005899.1 | HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE SETD2 |
| OFRAG00000005900.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005901.1 | HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE SETD2 |
| OFRAG00000005902.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 4-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN TCPC4AP |
| OFRAG00000005903.1 | O-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000005904.1 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, TWIST |
| OFRAG00000005905.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005906.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005907.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005908.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005909.1 | NON-SPECIFIC SERINE/THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000005910.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005911.1 | G PATCH DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005912.1 | PAXIP1-ASSOCIATED GLUTAMATE-RICH PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000005913.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005914.1 | NOP2 YEAST -RELATED NOL1/NOP2/FMU SUN DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000005915.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005916.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005917.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005918.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005919.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005920.1 | OLFACTORY RECEPTOR AND ADENOSINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000005921.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005922.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005923.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000005924.1 | CELL DIVISION CONTROL PROTEIN 6-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005925.1 | ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-LIKE PROTEIN 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000005926.1 | SIDEROFLEXIN |
| OFRAG00000005927.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005928.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005929.1 | DNA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000005930.1 | PLEXIN |
| OFRAG00000005931.1 | PLEXIN |
| OFRAG00000005932.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005933.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES I, II, AND III SUBUNIT RPABC1 |
| OFRAG00000005934.1 | |
| OFRAG00000005935.1 | ENVOPLAKIN |
| OFRAG00000005936.1 | ENVOPLAKIN |
