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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000012789.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012790.1 | CALCIUM BINDING PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000012791.1 | TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FACTOR TFIID |
| OFRAG00000012792.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012793.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 17 |
| OFRAG00000012794.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012795.1 | DYNEIN INTERMEDIATE CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000012796.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 246 |
| OFRAG00000012797.1 | GUANYL-NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000012797.2 | GUANYL-NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000012798.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012799.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012800.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012801.1 | ALPHA-(1,3)-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012802.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012803.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012804.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012805.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012806.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000012807.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012808.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 39 |
| OFRAG00000012809.1 | PHOX (PX) DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012810.1 | OS02G0815200 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012811.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012812.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012813.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012814.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012815.1 | PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR1, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012816.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012817.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012818.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN FAM155 |
| OFRAG00000012819.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012820.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012821.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012822.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012823.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000012824.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012825.1 | GALACTOSYLGALACTOSYLXYLOSYLPROTEIN 3-BETA-GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE BETA-1,3-GLUCURONYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000012825.2 | GALACTOSYLGALACTOSYLXYLOSYLPROTEIN 3-BETA-GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE BETA-1,3-GLUCURONYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000012825.3 | GALACTOSYLGALACTOSYLXYLOSYLPROTEIN 3-BETA-GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE BETA-1,3-GLUCURONYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000012826.1 | ARP2/3 COMPLEX 20 KD SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000012827.1 | PHD FINGER PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000012827.2 | PHD FINGER PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000012828.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012829.1 | PROTEIN EVA-1 |
| OFRAG00000012830.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012831.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S25 |
| OFRAG00000012832.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012833.1 | DEOXYHYPUSINE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000012834.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
