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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009539.1 | FOS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009540.1 | AMYLOID BETA A4 PRECURSOR PROTEIN-BINDING FAMILY B |
| OFRAG00000009541.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009542.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009543.1 | CT120 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009544.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009545.1 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009546.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000009547.1 | STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES SMC FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009548.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009549.1 | NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 0 GROUP B |
| OFRAG00000009550.1 | LIM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009551.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009552.1 | RNA (RNA) POLYMERASE II ASSOCIATED PROTEIN HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000009553.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009554.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009555.1 | NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN FAMILY A MEMBER 1 SNORNP PROTEIN GAR1 |
| OFRAG00000009556.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009557.1 | RIBONUCLEASE Y |
| OFRAG00000009558.1 | HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009559.1 | RNA POLYMERASE III DNA DIRECTED , 39KD SUBUNIT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009560.1 | UV EXCISION REPAIR PROTEIN RAD23 |
| OFRAG00000009561.1 | MALATE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000009562.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT, ISOFORM F-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009563.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009564.1 | PRENYLTRANSFERASES |
| OFRAG00000009564.2 | PRENYLTRANSFERASES |
| OFRAG00000009565.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000009566.1 | MEIOTIC CHECKPOINT REGULATOR TSG24 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009567.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009568.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009569.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009570.1 | JITTERBUG, ISOFORM N |
| OFRAG00000009571.1 | DUF614 FAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009572.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009573.1 | UDP/ADP-SUGAR PYROPHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000009574.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009575.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009576.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009577.1 | G9A, ISOFORM B |
| OFRAG00000009577.2 | G9A, ISOFORM B |
| OFRAG00000009578.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009579.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009580.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009580.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009581.1 | MUCIN 12EA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009582.1 | U5 SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN 40 KDA PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009583.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN VTA1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000009584.1 | BRG-1 ASSOCIATED FACTOR 250 BAF250 |
| OFRAG00000009584.2 | BRG-1 ASSOCIATED FACTOR 250 BAF250 |
