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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010316.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S10 |
| OFRAG00000010317.1 | DIABLO HOMOLOG, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000010318.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000010319.1 | RUN AND FYVE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010320.1 | RAB GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000010321.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010322.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE AND APOPTOSIS REGULATOR PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010323.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000010324.1 | RNA LARIAT DEBRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000010325.1 | SYNEMBRYN |
| OFRAG00000010326.1 | SYNEMBRYN |
| OFRAG00000010327.1 | FORMIN-BINDING PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000010328.1 | PROTEASE S28 PRO-X CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010329.1 | PROTEASE S28 PRO-X CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010330.1 | TRANSLOCON-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN, ALPHA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000010331.1 | POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010332.1 | LD39211P |
| OFRAG00000010333.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010334.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010335.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010336.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010337.1 | METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000010338.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II |
| OFRAG00000010339.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000010340.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010341.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010342.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010343.1 | FORMIN HOMOLOGY 2 DOMAIN CONTAINING, ISOFORM I |
| OFRAG00000010344.1 | PROTEIN-GLUTAMINE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010345.1 | LP04239P |
| OFRAG00000010346.1 | PROTEIN-GLUTAMINE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010347.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL IMPORT INNER MEMBRANE TRANSLOCASE SUBUNIT TIM21 |
| OFRAG00000010348.1 | U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000010349.1 | MISEXPRESSION SUPPRESSOR OF RAS 6 |
| OFRAG00000010350.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010350.2 | |
| OFRAG00000010351.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 5-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010352.1 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000010352.2 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE |
| OFRAG00000010353.1 | CTF8, CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY FACTOR 8 HOMOLOG (S. CEREVISIAE) |
| OFRAG00000010354.1 | PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS-TRANS ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000010355.1 | MAGNESIUM-DEPENDENT PHOSPHATASE 1 MDP1 |
| OFRAG00000010356.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010357.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010358.1 | UBIQUITIN CARBOXYL-TERMINAL HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000010359.1 | CATION-TRANSPORTING ATPASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010359.2 | CATION-TRANSPORTING ATPASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010360.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010361.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010362.1 |
