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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000007094.1 | HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE E(Z) |
| OFRAG00000007095.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007096.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007097.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007098.1 | CHROMOBOX PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007099.1 | 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCAN-BRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000007100.1 | LIN-9 |
| OFRAG00000007101.1 | CELL CYCLE CONTROL PROTEIN 50 |
| OFRAG00000007102.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000007102.2 | - |
| OFRAG00000007103.1 | GUANYLATE CYCLASE SOLUBLE SUBUNIT BETA-2 |
| OFRAG00000007104.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007105.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007106.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000007107.1 | DNA2/NAM7 HELICASE FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000007108.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007108.2 | |
| OFRAG00000007109.1 | GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007110.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 183 |
| OFRAG00000007111.1 | RNA BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007112.1 | LD33804P |
| OFRAG00000007113.1 | MICOS COMPLEX SUBUNIT MIC26 / MIC27 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000007114.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007115.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007116.1 | NEUROPEPTIDES RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000007117.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007118.1 | PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007119.1 | PROTEASE S28 PRO-X CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007120.1 | PROTEIN ABHD18 |
| OFRAG00000007121.1 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN-BINDING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000007122.1 | WW DOMAIN BINDING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000007123.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007124.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE RHLE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007125.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007126.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007127.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000007128.1 | V-TYPE PROTON ATPASE PROTEOLIPID SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000007129.1 | HSC70-INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007130.1 | GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007131.1 | GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000007132.1 | USE1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007133.1 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000007133.2 | TETRASPANIN |
| OFRAG00000007134.1 | ELECTRON TRANSFER FLAVOPROTEIN-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000007135.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A,B |
| OFRAG00000007136.1 | NINEIN |
| OFRAG00000007137.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000007138.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000007139.1 | |
| OFRAG00000007140.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7AE FAMILY MEMBER |
