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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000011522.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011523.1 | GH04784P |
| OFRAG00000011524.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 249 |
| OFRAG00000011525.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011526.1 | SORTING AND ASSEMBLY MACHINERY SAMM50 PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000011527.1 | SERINE-THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000011528.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011529.1 | SOX100B |
| OFRAG00000011530.1 | T-COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED-TESTIS-EXPRESSED 1/ DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000011531.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011532.1 | MUCIN 12EA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011533.1 | TEX2 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011534.1 | FLAVIN-BINDING MONOOXYGENASE-LIKE PROTEIN (AFU_ORTHOLOGUE AFUA_4G09220) |
| OFRAG00000011535.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011536.1 | TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000011537.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011538.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011539.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011540.1 | GLE-1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011541.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000011542.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011543.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011544.1 | REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING 3 |
| OFRAG00000011545.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011546.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011547.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011548.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000011549.1 | DDRGK DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000011550.1 | DDRGK DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000011551.1 | DDRGK DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000011552.1 | DDRGK DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000011553.1 | CALPONIN |
| OFRAG00000011554.1 | HOMOLOGOUS TO DROSOPHILA SQD (SQUID) PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011555.1 | DYNACTIN 1-RELATED MICROTUBULE-BINDING |
| OFRAG00000011556.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 34 SODIUM PHOSPHATE , MEMBER 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011557.1 | EXPORTIN 1/5 |
| OFRAG00000011558.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000011559.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE PP2A 65 KDA REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000011560.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011561.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L37 |
| OFRAG00000011562.1 | SNARE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN SNAPIN |
| OFRAG00000011563.1 | KREV INTERACTION TRAPPED 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000011564.1 | TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000011565.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000011566.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011567.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011568.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011569.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011570.1 | |
| OFRAG00000011571.1 |
