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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000009731.1 | T-COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED-TESTIS-EXPRESSED 1/ DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000009732.1 | ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIZYME |
| OFRAG00000009733.1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009734.1 | HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000009735.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009736.1 | SEC24-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009737.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009738.1 | SEC24-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009739.1 | GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009740.1 | GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009741.1 | CUBILIN-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009742.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT AND IQ DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009743.1 | ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009744.1 | ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009745.1 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| OFRAG00000009746.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009747.1 | ADAMTS A DISINTEGRIN AND METALLOPROTEASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN MOTIFS PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000009748.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000009749.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009750.1 | NITRATE, FORMATE, IRON DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000009751.1 | GPI MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000009752.1 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000009752.2 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000009753.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000009754.1 | FIBROUS SHEATH CABYR-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009755.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009756.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009757.1 | EAP30 SUBUNIT OF ELL COMPLEX |
| OFRAG00000009758.1 | RAB11-FAMILY INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009759.1 | WD-40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009760.1 | FUMARATE HYDRATASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009761.1 | NUCLEOPORIN-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000009762.1 | SMARCE1 REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN |
| OFRAG00000009762.2 | SMARCE1 REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN |
| OFRAG00000009763.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009764.1 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009765.1 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009766.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009767.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009768.1 | DNA-BINDING PROTEIN SATB FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000009769.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009770.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009771.1 | |
| OFRAG00000009772.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000009773.1 | CLEFT LIP AND PALATE ASSOCIATED TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000009774.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 52 |
| OFRAG00000009775.1 | FAM11A, B PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009776.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000009777.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000009778.1 | - |
