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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000008870.1 | SUPPRESSOR OF ACTIN MUTATIONS 2/VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 52 |
| OFRAG00000008871.1 | SUPPRESSOR OF ACTIN MUTATIONS 2/VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 52 |
| OFRAG00000008872.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008873.1 | RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000008874.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008875.1 | PYM PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008876.1 | OS01G0253100 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008877.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008878.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000008879.1 | UROCANATE HYDRATASE |
| OFRAG00000008880.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008881.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000008882.1 | MADF DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000008883.1 | ZINC FINGER MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000008884.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008885.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000008886.1 | FOIE GRAS |
| OFRAG00000008887.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008888.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008889.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008890.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008891.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008892.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE |
| OFRAG00000008893.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008894.1 | HISTONE H2B |
| OFRAG00000008895.1 | HISTONE H2B |
| OFRAG00000008896.1 | HISTONE H2B |
| OFRAG00000008897.1 | URIDINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000008898.1 | TESTOSTERONE-REGULATED PROTEIN RP2 |
| OFRAG00000008899.1 | RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000008900.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008901.1 | P53 REGULATED PA26 NUCLEAR PROTEIN SESTRIN |
| OFRAG00000008902.1 | ATP SYNTHASE GAMMA CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000008903.1 | METALLOPROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000008904.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008905.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008906.1 | SOLUBLE NSF ATTACHMENT PROTEIN SNAP |
| OFRAG00000008907.1 | HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000008907.2 | HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000008908.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008909.1 | HOMOCYSTEINE-RESPONSIVE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM-RESIDENT UNIQUITIN-LIKE DOMAIN HERPUD PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000008910.1 | MAESTRO-RELATED HEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000008911.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008912.1 | |
| OFRAG00000008913.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000008914.1 | QUIESCIN Q6-RELATED SULFHYDRYL OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000008915.1 | ABC TRANSPORTER G FAMILY MEMBER 28 |
| OFRAG00000008916.1 | ABC TRANSPORTER G FAMILY MEMBER 28 |
| OFRAG00000008917.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000008918.1 |
