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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000010798.1 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010799.1 | TRANSLATIONAL ACTIVATOR GCN1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010800.1 | N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE 9 |
| OFRAG00000010801.1 | ARF-GAP WITH DUAL PH DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000010802.1 | ECSIT EVOLUTIONARILY CONSERVED SIGNALING INTERMEDIATE IN TOLL PATHWAYS |
| OFRAG00000010803.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000010804.1 | ET TRANSLATION PRODUCT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010805.1 | STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000010806.1 | PROTEIN HID1 |
| OFRAG00000010807.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010808.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010809.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010810.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010811.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010812.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010813.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010814.1 | PROTEIN HID1 |
| OFRAG00000010815.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000010816.1 | PROTEIN HID1 |
| OFRAG00000010817.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4E RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010818.1 | PCD6 INTERACTING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000010819.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010820.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000010821.1 | REGULATORY-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN OF MTOR |
| OFRAG00000010822.1 | |
| OFRAG00000010823.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010824.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010825.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010826.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010827.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010828.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010829.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010830.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010831.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010832.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000010833.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010834.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000010835.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010836.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000010837.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010838.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010839.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000010840.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010841.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010842.1 | MATING RESPONSE PROTEIN POI2 |
| OFRAG00000010843.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010844.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010845.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010846.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
| OFRAG00000010847.1 | MYB-LIKE PROTEIN V |
