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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008630.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008631.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008632.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008633.1 | 3-HYDROXYISOBUTYRYL-COA HYDROLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008634.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008635.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008636.1 | ETS |
| OFRAG00000008637.1 | F-BOX ONLY PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000008638.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 106B |
| OFRAG00000008639.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008640.1 | DUF614 FAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008641.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008642.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE |
| OFRAG00000008643.1 | UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE HOMOLOG 49 |
| OFRAG00000008644.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008645.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008646.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008647.1 | POU DOMAIN |
| OFRAG00000008648.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008649.1 | CYCLINS |
| OFRAG00000008650.1 | ARGININE DEMETHYLASE AND LYSYL-HYDROXYLASE JMJD |
| OFRAG00000008651.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 115 |
| OFRAG00000008652.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000008653.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L2 |
| OFRAG00000008654.1 | GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000008655.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE PLK |
| OFRAG00000008656.1 | PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000008657.1 | ELFLESS, ISOFORM B |
| OFRAG00000008658.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7 |
| OFRAG00000008659.1 | PORCUPINE |
| OFRAG00000008660.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008661.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000008662.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L19 |
| OFRAG00000008663.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008664.1 | CHAPERONIN |
| OFRAG00000008665.1 | NOTCH LIGAND FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008666.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008667.1 | PALMITOYL-PROTEIN THIOESTERASE/DOLICHYLDIPHOSPHATASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000008668.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008669.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000008670.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE TAO |
| OFRAG00000008671.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008672.1 | MALE FERTILITY FACTOR KL5 |
| OFRAG00000008673.1 | MALE FERTILITY FACTOR KL5 |
| OFRAG00000008674.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN 1, AXONEMAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008675.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008676.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN 1, AXONEMAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008677.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL INHIBITOR/LIPID-TRANSFER PROTEIN/SEED STORAGE 2S ALBUMIN SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008678.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN 1, AXONEMAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008679.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
