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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006516.1 | S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE-DEPENDENT METHYLTRANSFERASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006517.1 | ZGC:174356 |
| OFRAG00000006518.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006519.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006520.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000006521.1 | AAA-FAMILY ATPASE |
| OFRAG00000006522.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006523.1 | OSTEOCLAST-STIMULATING FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000006524.1 | HSD9 |
| OFRAG00000006525.1 | MUSCLE-SPECIFIC PROTEIN 300 KDA, ISOFORM G |
| OFRAG00000006526.1 | PKA ANCHORING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006527.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006528.1 | NUCLEOPORIN NUP188 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000006529.1 | SRCR DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006530.1 | RECEPTOR-TYPE TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000006531.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006532.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006533.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 14 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006534.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 14 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006535.1 | PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006536.1 | BONE MARROW PROTEOGLYCAN |
| OFRAG00000006537.1 | PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006538.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006539.1 | MOLYBDOPTERIN COFACTOR SYNTHESIS PROTEIN A |
| OFRAG00000006540.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006540.2 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006541.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000006542.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006543.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000006544.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L4 |
| OFRAG00000006545.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70KDA |
| OFRAG00000006546.1 | SHOOTIN-1 |
| OFRAG00000006547.1 | ADENOSINE/GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000006548.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE TM129 |
| OFRAG00000006549.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000006550.1 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE LICD |
| OFRAG00000006551.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006552.1 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE LICD |
| OFRAG00000006553.1 | PDZ DOMAIN CONTAINING WHIRLIN AND HARMONIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006554.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 13 |
| OFRAG00000006555.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006556.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006557.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000006558.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006559.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006560.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006561.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006562.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006563.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006564.1 | CS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
