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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000006807.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006808.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006809.1 | MATRIX PROTEIN, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006809.2 | MATRIX PROTEIN, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006810.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006811.1 | STERILE ALPHA MOTIF DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 15 |
| OFRAG00000006812.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006813.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL 28S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S27 |
| OFRAG00000006814.1 | PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006815.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006816.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006817.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006818.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006819.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000006820.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000006821.1 | TRNA MODIFICATION GTPASE GTPBP3 |
| OFRAG00000006822.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000006822.2 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000006823.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L24 |
| OFRAG00000006824.1 | ADENOSINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006825.1 | URIDINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000006826.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-GLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS CLASS F PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006827.1 | PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000006828.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006829.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006830.1 | MYOSIN |
| OFRAG00000006831.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 11/COP9 SIGNALOSOME COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000006832.1 | COMM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000006833.1 | RNA PROCESSING PROTEIN LD23810P |
| OFRAG00000006834.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L42 |
| OFRAG00000006835.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000006836.1 | HYALURONIDASE |
| OFRAG00000006837.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006838.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006839.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006840.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000006841.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006842.1 | CASPASE REGULATOR, RING FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000006843.1 | MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN, NON-MUSCLE |
| OFRAG00000006843.2 | MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN, NON-MUSCLE |
| OFRAG00000006844.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000006845.1 | PIERCE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000006845.2 | PIERCE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000006846.1 | PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000006847.1 | CYTOCHROME C |
| OFRAG00000006848.1 | CALPAIN |
| OFRAG00000006849.1 | |
| OFRAG00000006850.1 | CATION CHANNEL SPERM-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN SUBUNIT GAMMA |
| OFRAG00000006850.2 | CATION CHANNEL SPERM-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN SUBUNIT GAMMA |
| OFRAG00000006851.1 | DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
