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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008822.1 | SPORE COAT PROTEIN SP85 |
| OFRAG00000008823.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008824.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000008825.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000008826.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000008827.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000008828.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000008829.1 | ADP,ATP CARRIER PROTEIN 1-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008830.1 | ADP,ATP CARRIER PROTEIN 1-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008831.1 | N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-6-SULFATASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008832.1 | PROLINE-SERINE-THREONINE PHOSPHATASE INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000008832.2 | PROLINE-SERINE-THREONINE PHOSPHATASE INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000008833.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008834.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE TRANSFER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008835.1 | PROTEIN C20ORF43 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008836.1 | XANTHINE-URACIL / VITAMIN C PERMEASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008837.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008838.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN ARISTALESS |
| OFRAG00000008839.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008840.1 | CALPAIN |
| OFRAG00000008841.1 | BLR2807 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008842.1 | DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000008843.1 | C1ORF73 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008844.1 | GLUTATHIONE SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000008845.1 | SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR-BINDING |
| OFRAG00000008846.1 | USP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008847.1 | NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008848.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008849.1 | TRNA SELENOCYSTEINE 1-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008850.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008851.1 | FERMITIN 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008852.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008853.1 | POLYCYSTIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008854.1 | DNA REPAIR DEAD HELICASE RAD3/XP-D SUBFAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008855.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000008856.1 | SAM-DEPENDENT METHYLTRANSFERASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008857.1 | ZGC:174356 |
| OFRAG00000008858.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008859.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008860.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008861.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008862.1 | CENTROSOME-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 350 |
| OFRAG00000008863.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 192 |
| OFRAG00000008864.1 | DIMETHYLANILINE MONOOXYGENASE |
| OFRAG00000008865.1 | NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 5 GROUP A |
| OFRAG00000008866.1 | SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008866.2 | SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000008867.1 | LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE LICD |
| OFRAG00000008868.1 | DIMETHYLARGININE DIMETHYLAMINOHYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000008869.1 | DIMETHYLARGININE DIMETHYLAMINOHYDROLASE |
