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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009585.1 | PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE E1 COMPONENT, ALPHA SUBUNIT BACTERIAL AND ORGANELLAR |
| OFRAG00000009586.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009587.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000009588.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009589.1 | ANTIGEN BSP, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009590.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009591.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009592.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000009593.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009594.1 | KERATINOCYTE PROLINE-RICH PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009595.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009596.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009597.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009598.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009599.1 | S-ANTIGEN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009600.1 | METALLOPROTEASE M41 FTSH |
| OFRAG00000009601.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009602.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009603.1 | RNA METHYLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009604.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009605.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000009606.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009607.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009608.1 | MICROSOMAL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009609.1 | SULFOTRANSFERASE SULT |
| OFRAG00000009610.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009611.1 | PDF RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009612.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000009612.2 | ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000009613.1 | DEPHOSPHO-COA KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009614.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009615.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009616.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009617.1 | RHOMBOID-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009618.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009619.1 | RHOMBOID-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009620.1 | PALMITOYL-PROTEIN THIOESTERASE/DOLICHYLDIPHOSPHATASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000009621.1 | ALMS1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009622.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009623.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009624.1 | CHITINASE |
| OFRAG00000009625.1 | CHITINASE |
| OFRAG00000009626.1 | MADF DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000009627.1 | UBIQUITIN THIOESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000009628.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 234 |
| OFRAG00000009629.1 | ANTI-SILENCING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000009630.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009631.1 | TRANSLATION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000009632.1 | SPLICING FACTOR 3B SUBUNIT 5 |
| OFRAG00000009633.1 | IFT140/172-RELATED |
