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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006759.1 | ZINC FINGER DHHC DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006760.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006761.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006762.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006763.1 | SODIUM-COUPLED MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000006764.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006765.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006766.1 | EF-HAND CALCIUM-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 6-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006767.1 | FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP E PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006768.1 | VACUOLAR IMPORT AND DEGRADATION PROTEIN 24 |
| OFRAG00000006768.2 | VACUOLAR IMPORT AND DEGRADATION PROTEIN 24 |
| OFRAG00000006769.1 | ATP SYNTHASE MITOCHONDRIAL F1 COMPLEX ASSEMBLY FACTOR 2/ATP12 PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL PRECURSOR |
| OFRAG00000006770.1 | RIBONUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN S1 |
| OFRAG00000006770.2 | RIBONUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN S1 |
| OFRAG00000006771.1 | DNA LIGASE 1/3 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000006772.1 | TRANSDUCER OF ERBB2 TOB |
| OFRAG00000006773.1 | CHLORIDE CHANNEL PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000006774.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006775.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006776.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006777.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006778.1 | SYNAPTOTAGMIN |
| OFRAG00000006779.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000006780.1 | HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006781.1 | ZINC FINGER DHHC DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006782.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006783.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006784.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006785.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006786.1 | TRANSFERASE, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006787.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT, PH AND SEC7 DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN SECG-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006788.1 | PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000006789.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006790.1 | TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006791.1 | PAX TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATION DOMAIN INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006792.1 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 36 |
| OFRAG00000006793.1 | PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000006794.1 | VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006795.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006796.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006797.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006798.1 | SIGNAL PEPTIDASE COMPLEX CATALYTIC SUBUNIT SEC11 |
| OFRAG00000006799.1 | DIPHTHAMIDE BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006800.1 | SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000006801.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006802.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006803.1 | PIKACHURIN-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006804.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006805.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006806.1 |
