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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008776.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008777.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008778.1 | CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSOR PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000008779.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008780.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008781.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008782.1 | RESISTANCE TO INHIBITORS OF CHOLINESTERASE PROTEIN 3 RIC3 |
| OFRAG00000008783.1 | RNA-BINDING (RRM/RBD/RNP MOTIFS) FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008783.2 | RNA-BINDING (RRM/RBD/RNP MOTIFS) FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008783.3 | RNA-BINDING (RRM/RBD/RNP MOTIFS) FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008784.1 | INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000008785.1 | DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE HOMOLOG-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008786.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008787.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008788.1 | H2.0-LIKE HOMEOBOX PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008789.1 | DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE (SDR FAMILY) MEMBER 4 |
| OFRAG00000008790.1 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008791.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 70 |
| OFRAG00000008792.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008793.1 | ELONGATION FACTOR G, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000008794.1 | DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II |
| OFRAG00000008795.1 | STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008796.1 | STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008797.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008798.1 | STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008799.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE COP1 |
| OFRAG00000008800.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S19 |
| OFRAG00000008801.1 | ADAPTOR COMPLEXES SMALL SUBUNIT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000008801.2 | ADAPTOR COMPLEXES SMALL SUBUNIT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000008801.3 | ADAPTOR COMPLEXES SMALL SUBUNIT FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000008802.1 | NNP-1 PROTEIN NOVEL NUCLEAR PROTEIN 1 NOP52 |
| OFRAG00000008803.1 | HISTAMINE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000008804.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008805.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008806.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008807.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008808.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008809.1 | COMPLEMENT COMPONENT-RELATED SUSHI DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000008810.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008811.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL IMPORT RECEPTOR SUBUNIT TOM70 |
| OFRAG00000008812.1 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR IIA SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000008813.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008814.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008815.1 | PROTEIN DISPATCHED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008816.1 | CADHERIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008817.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008818.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008819.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008820.1 | PROTEIN DISPATCHED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008821.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
