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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001067.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001068.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001069.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001070.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001071.1 | ACTIVATOR OF S-PHASE KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001072.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 10 |
| OFRAG00000001073.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 |
| OFRAG00000001074.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000001075.1 | ATP SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000001076.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL PURINE BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN PURH |
| OFRAG00000001077.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001078.1 | TUMOR ENDOTHELIAL MARKER 7 RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001079.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN SM |
| OFRAG00000001080.1 | DECARBOXYLATING DEHYDROGENASES-ISOCITRATE, ISOPROPYLMALATE, TARTRATE |
| OFRAG00000001081.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001082.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001083.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001084.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001085.1 | BLR2807 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001086.1 | RING FINGER 10 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000001087.1 | DYNEIN INTERMEDIATE CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000001087.2 | DYNEIN INTERMEDIATE CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000001087.3 | DYNEIN INTERMEDIATE CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000001088.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001089.1 | RYBP AND YAF2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001090.1 | CYSTEINE-RICH PDF MOTIF DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000001091.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000001092.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001093.1 | CILIA- AND FLAGELLA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 161 |
| OFRAG00000001094.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001095.1 | SUPPRESSION OF TUMORIGENICITY 7 |
| OFRAG00000001095.2 | SUPPRESSION OF TUMORIGENICITY 7 |
| OFRAG00000001096.1 | E3 UFM1-PROTEIN LIGASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000001097.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000001098.1 | TESTIS-SPECIFIC PROTEIN PBS13 T-COMPLEX 11 |
| OFRAG00000001099.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000001100.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000001101.1 | GATOR COMPLEX PROTEIN WDR24 |
| OFRAG00000001102.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001103.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001104.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001105.1 | GATOR COMPLEX PROTEIN WDR24 |
| OFRAG00000001106.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE I SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000001107.1 | C2 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001108.1 | SECY/SEC61-ALPHA FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000001109.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001110.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001111.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001112.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001113.1 |
