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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014243.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN 1, AXONEMAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014244.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014245.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014246.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014247.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014248.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014249.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-GLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS CLASS X PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014250.1 | CHARGED MULTIVESICULAR BODY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014251.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014252.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014253.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000014254.1 | NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014255.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014256.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014256.2 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014257.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014258.1 | PIKACHURIN-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014259.1 | HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014260.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014260.2 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014261.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014262.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014263.1 | CLUSTERIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000014264.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014265.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014266.1 | PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000014267.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 47 |
| OFRAG00000014268.1 | RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS PROTEIN BOP1 BLOCK OF PROLIFERATION 1 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014269.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014269.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014270.1 | PYRIDOXINE-5-PHOSPHATE OXIDASE |
| OFRAG00000014271.1 | CHROMOSOME 20 ORF85 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000014272.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014273.1 | ZGC:174356 |
| OFRAG00000014274.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014275.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014276.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014277.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000014278.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE PIM |
| OFRAG00000014279.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014280.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE PIM |
| OFRAG00000014281.1 | FIBRONECTIN TYPE-III DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014282.1 | N-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE PROCESSING |
| OFRAG00000014282.2 | N-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE PROCESSING |
| OFRAG00000014283.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 81 |
| OFRAG00000014284.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014285.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014286.1 | TEKTIN |
| OFRAG00000014287.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014288.1 | INOSITOL 5-PHOSPHATASE |
