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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000014676.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000014677.1 | DUF853 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014678.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014678.2 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014679.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014680.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014681.1 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1 ALPHA INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014682.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014683.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014684.1 | CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN B |
| OFRAG00000014685.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014686.1 | FIBROIN HEAVY CHAIN FIB-H LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014687.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014688.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014689.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014690.1 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, HES-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014691.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014692.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000014693.1 | UPF0315 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014694.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000014695.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014696.1 | SERINE/THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000014697.1 | MRNA-CAPPING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000014698.1 | ZGC:172121 |
| OFRAG00000014699.1 | SLR1189 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014700.1 | STERILE20-LIKE KINASE, ISOFORM B-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014701.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014702.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014703.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014704.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014705.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014706.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014707.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000014708.1 | IGGFC_BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014709.1 | FORMIN |
| OFRAG00000014710.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014711.1 | GM2 GANGLIOSIDE ACTIVATOR PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000014712.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014713.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014714.1 | ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000014715.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 SUBUNIT J |
| OFRAG00000014716.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000014717.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014718.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014719.1 | NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014720.1 | NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000014721.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014722.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014723.1 | |
| OFRAG00000014724.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
