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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001410.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001411.1 | ER DEGRADATION-ENHANCING ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000001412.1 | SMALL VASOHIBIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001413.1 | AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000001414.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001415.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001416.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000001417.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000001418.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S7 |
| OFRAG00000001419.1 | SMG-7 SUPPRESSOR WITH MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON GENITALIA PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000001420.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001421.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR 1 EPSILON-1 |
| OFRAG00000001422.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001423.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001424.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001425.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001426.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001427.1 | ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED ATM -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001428.1 | MYOSIN |
| OFRAG00000001429.1 | PROTEIN C9ORF135 |
| OFRAG00000001430.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001431.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001432.1 | VOLTAGE-GATED CATION CHANNEL CALCIUM AND SODIUM |
| OFRAG00000001433.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001434.1 | BTB POZ DOMAIN CONTAINING 7 |
| OFRAG00000001435.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-GLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS CLASS F PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001436.1 | PERIAXIN/AHNAK |
| OFRAG00000001437.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001438.1 | PROGESTERONE-INDUCED BLOCKING FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000001439.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001440.1 | TESTICULAR SOLUBLE ADENYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000001441.1 | TESTICULAR SOLUBLE ADENYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000001442.1 | TESTICULAR SOLUBLE ADENYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000001443.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001444.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE PELLINO-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001445.1 | RIBONUCLEASE III |
| OFRAG00000001446.1 | GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE-3 ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000001447.1 | MISSHAPEN LIKE KINASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000001448.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001449.1 | FI21225P1 |
| OFRAG00000001450.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001451.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001452.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001453.1 | WD REPEAT DOMAIN 62, ISOFORM G |
| OFRAG00000001453.2 | WD REPEAT DOMAIN 62, ISOFORM G |
| OFRAG00000001454.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001455.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001456.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001457.1 | CALMODULIN-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000001458.1 | 3-HYDROXYACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY PROTEIN |
