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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000013608.1 | SER/THR-RICH PROTEIN T10 IN DGCR REGION |
| OFRAG00000013609.1 | GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000013610.1 | OXYSTEROL-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013610.2 | OXYSTEROL-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013611.1 | MITOTIC-SPINDLE ORGANIZING PROTEIN 2A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013612.1 | CUE DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000013613.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L29 |
| OFRAG00000013614.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOME-ASSOCIATED GTPASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000013615.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013616.1 | LEUCOKININ RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013617.1 | DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000013618.1 | AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHASE COMPLEX-INTERACTING MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013619.1 | C-1-TETRAHYDROFOLATE SYNTHASE, CYTOPLASMIC-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013620.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III |
| OFRAG00000013621.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013622.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013623.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013624.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013625.1 | T-COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED-TESTIS-EXPRESSED 1/ DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000013626.1 | SPLICING FACTOR 45 SPF45 |
| OFRAG00000013627.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013628.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN EMX-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013629.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013630.1 | SIDEROFLEXIN |
| OFRAG00000013631.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 593 |
| OFRAG00000013632.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013633.1 | TATD FAMILY DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE |
| OFRAG00000013634.1 | CYTOKINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000013635.1 | EIF4G DOMAIN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013636.1 | EIF4G DOMAIN PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013637.1 | MOLYBDOPTERIN BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013638.1 | CARBOHYDRATE SULFOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000013639.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013639.2 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013640.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013641.1 | OS02G0815200 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013642.1 | OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000013643.1 | ZINC FINGER CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013644.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013645.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013646.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013647.1 | RUBY-EYE2-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000013648.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013649.1 | KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000013650.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013651.1 | DNA POLYMERASE EPSILON SUBUNIT B |
| OFRAG00000013652.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013653.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013654.1 | |
| OFRAG00000013655.1 |
