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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001458.2 | 3-HYDROXYACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001459.1 | USP DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001460.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001460.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001461.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001462.1 | GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-BOUND PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001463.1 | BREAST CANCER TYPE 1 SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN BRCA1 |
| OFRAG00000001464.1 | PDF RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001465.1 | FIBROIN HEAVY CHAIN FIB-H LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001466.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001466.2 | |
| OFRAG00000001467.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001468.1 | NADH DEHYDROGENASE UBIQUINONE IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN 8, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000001469.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001470.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001471.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001472.1 | COILED-COIL ALPHA-HELICAL ROD PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000001473.1 | N-LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE KMT5A |
| OFRAG00000001473.2 | N-LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE KMT5A |
| OFRAG00000001474.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001475.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000001476.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000001477.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001478.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001479.1 | RPA-INTERACTING PROTEIN RPAIN |
| OFRAG00000001480.1 | SNF5 |
| OFRAG00000001481.1 | 60S ACIDIC RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000001482.1 | RNA POLYMERASE II HOLOENZYME COMPONENT SRB7 |
| OFRAG00000001483.1 | GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 14 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000001484.1 | 39A RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L50, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000001485.1 | AP1 GAMMA SUBUNIT BINDING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000001486.1 | ACYL-COA-BINDING PROTEIN, ACBP |
| OFRAG00000001487.1 | COPINE |
| OFRAG00000001487.2 | COPINE |
| OFRAG00000001488.1 | TYROSINE PHOSPHATSE N18, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001488.2 | TYROSINE PHOSPHATSE N18, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001489.1 | REPLICATION FACTOR C / DNA POLYMERASE III GAMMA-TAU SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000001490.1 | PROTEIN O-LINKED-MANNOSE BETA-1,2-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000001491.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001492.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001493.1 | SIT4 YEAST -ASSOCIATING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001494.1 | DNAJ HOMOLOG SUBFAMILY B MEMBER 2 |
| OFRAG00000001495.1 | REGULATORY PROTEIN ZESTE |
| OFRAG00000001496.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001497.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001498.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001499.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001500.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001500.2 | |
| OFRAG00000001501.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
