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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000825.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000826.1 | CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL--GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE 3-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000827.1 | PROTEIN DISPATCHED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000828.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000829.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000830.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000831.1 | SLIT-ROBO RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000832.1 | PROTEIN FAM72A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000833.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL FISSION PROCESS PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000000834.1 | CORTACTIN AND DREBRIN |
| OFRAG00000000835.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000836.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000837.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 7 |
| OFRAG00000000838.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000839.1 | UPSET, ISOFORM A |
| OFRAG00000000840.1 | CALCIUM-DEPENDENT SECRETION ACTIVATOR |
| OFRAG00000000841.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000842.1 | CALCIUM-DEPENDENT SECRETION ACTIVATOR |
| OFRAG00000000843.1 | TRICHOPLEIN KERATIN FILAMENT-BINDING PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000844.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000000845.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE IAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000846.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE 16,23,27 |
| OFRAG00000000847.1 | SPLICING FACTOR 3B |
| OFRAG00000000848.1 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000848.2 | HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000849.1 | MYOSIN |
| OFRAG00000000850.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000851.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000852.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000853.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000854.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000855.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000856.1 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| OFRAG00000000857.1 | CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL--GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE 3-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000858.1 | VACUOLAR MEMBRANE PROTEIN YPL162C |
| OFRAG00000000859.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000860.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000861.1 | POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000862.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000863.1 | TRANSCRIPTION COFACTOR VESTIGIAL-LIKE PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000000864.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000865.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000866.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000867.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000868.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000869.1 | INNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000000870.1 | SIMILAR TO HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000871.1 | T CELL-SPECIFIC ADAPTER PROTEIN TSAD |
| OFRAG00000000872.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000000873.1 |
