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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000012934.1 | NULP1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012935.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012936.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012937.1 | SCY1-RELATED S/T PROTEIN KINASE-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000012938.1 | EXTRA SPINDLE POLES 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012939.1 | SPECTRIN/FILAMIN RELATED CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012939.2 | SPECTRIN/FILAMIN RELATED CYTOSKELETAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012940.1 | SUGAR KINASE |
| OFRAG00000012941.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000012942.1 | GOLGIN-84 |
| OFRAG00000012943.1 | SOLUBLE NSF ATTACHMENT PROTEIN SNAP |
| OFRAG00000012944.1 | CATION CHANNEL SPERM-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000012945.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000012946.1 | VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000012947.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012948.1 | METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000012949.1 | CWF19, CELL CYCLE CONTROL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012950.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN CEP135 |
| OFRAG00000012951.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN CEP135 |
| OFRAG00000012952.1 | TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR IF-2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012953.1 | VILLIN |
| OFRAG00000012954.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012955.1 | SPROUTY |
| OFRAG00000012956.1 | EXPRESSED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000012957.1 | CYTOCHROME B561/FERRIC REDUCTASE TRANSMEMBRANE |
| OFRAG00000012958.1 | LASP |
| OFRAG00000012959.1 | 50S/60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L14/L23 |
| OFRAG00000012960.1 | ATP-BINDING TRANSPORT PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012961.1 | ANNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000012962.1 | METALLOPROTEASE TLDD |
| OFRAG00000012963.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE |
| OFRAG00000012964.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012965.1 | ANNEXIN |
| OFRAG00000012966.1 | PROTEASOME SUBUNIT ALPHA/BETA |
| OFRAG00000012967.1 | VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000012968.1 | POLY(U)-BINDING-SPLICING FACTOR PUF60-B-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012969.1 | T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA/STEM CELL LEUKEMIA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012969.2 | T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA/STEM CELL LEUKEMIA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012970.1 | MOLYBDOPTERIN SYNTHASE SULFUR CARRIER SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000012971.1 | MOLYBDOPTERIN SYNTHASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012972.1 | PROTRUDIN |
| OFRAG00000012973.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S17 |
| OFRAG00000012974.1 | LD44762P |
| OFRAG00000012975.1 | THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000012976.1 | XAA-PRO AMINOPEPTIDASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000012977.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000012978.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012979.1 | |
| OFRAG00000012980.1 | PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000012981.1 | DECARBOXYLATING DEHYDROGENASES-ISOCITRATE, ISOPROPYLMALATE, TARTRATE |
