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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006712.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 84 |
| OFRAG00000006713.1 | SID1 TRANSMEMBRANE FAMILY MEMEBER |
| OFRAG00000006714.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006715.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006716.1 | BAT2 HLA-B-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPT 2 |
| OFRAG00000006716.2 | BAT2 HLA-B-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPT 2 |
| OFRAG00000006717.1 | CONSERVED OLIGOMERIC GOLGI COMPLEX COMPONENT 2 |
| OFRAG00000006718.1 | MYELIN-ASSOCIATED OLIGODENDROCYTIC BASIC PROTEIN MOBP -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006718.2 | MYELIN-ASSOCIATED OLIGODENDROCYTIC BASIC PROTEIN MOBP -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006719.1 | HYDRANTOINASE/DIHYDROPYRIMIDINASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006720.1 | SAM (S-ADENOSYL METHIONINE) TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000006721.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT G |
| OFRAG00000006721.2 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT G |
| OFRAG00000006722.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006723.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006724.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006725.1 | TESTIS, PROSTATE AND PLACENTA-EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006726.1 | CAS SCAFFOLDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006727.1 | CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA TUMOR ANTIGEN 66 |
| OFRAG00000006728.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L52, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000006729.1 | FATTY ACID SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000006730.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING 166 |
| OFRAG00000006731.1 | AGAP008170-PA |
| OFRAG00000006732.1 | PIG-M MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006733.1 | PIG-M MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006734.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 64 |
| OFRAG00000006735.1 | SPERMATOGENESIS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2/TAMOZHENNIC |
| OFRAG00000006736.1 | PROTEASOME ASSEMBLY CHAPERONE 4 |
| OFRAG00000006737.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000006738.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006739.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006740.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006741.1 | HEPARAN SULFATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006742.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006743.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006744.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006745.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006746.1 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000006747.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006748.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006749.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006750.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006751.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000006752.1 | BETA-TUBULIN COFACTOR D |
| OFRAG00000006753.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE SUBUNIT Q-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006754.1 | AMINOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000006755.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006756.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006757.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006758.1 |
