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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015840.1 | ZINC PHOSPHODIESTERASE ELAC PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000015841.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000015842.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015843.1 | LIPOMA HMGIC FUSION PARTNER-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015844.1 | ACID AMIDASE |
| OFRAG00000015845.1 | ZETA-COAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015845.2 | ZETA-COAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015846.1 | SWI/SNF COMPLEX-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015847.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015848.1 | JAK PATHWAY SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ADAPTOR MOLECULE |
| OFRAG00000015849.1 | N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000015850.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015851.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015852.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015853.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015853.2 | |
| OFRAG00000015854.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015855.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015856.1 | HEPATOMA-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015857.1 | P300 TRANSCRIPTIONAL COFACTOR JMY-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015858.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015859.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L7AE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000015860.1 | UBIQUITIN-LIKE-CONJUGATING ENZYME ATG10 |
| OFRAG00000015861.1 | SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015862.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015863.1 | MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 10 |
| OFRAG00000015864.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015865.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015866.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015867.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015868.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015869.1 | OLFACTOMEDIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015870.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015871.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015872.1 | PROTEASE M1 ZINC METALLOPROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000015873.1 | CIRCADIAN PROTEIN CLOCK/ARNT/BMAL/PAS |
| OFRAG00000015874.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015875.1 | OS06G0237300 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015876.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015877.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000015878.1 | EMILIN ELASTIN MICROFIBRIL INTERFACE-LOCATED PROTEIN ELASTIN MICROFIBRIL INTERFACER |
| OFRAG00000015879.1 | KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015880.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015881.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000015882.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000015883.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000015884.1 | CRSP70 |
| OFRAG00000015885.1 | TAL1 SCL INTERRUPTING LOCUS |
| OFRAG00000015886.1 | SET AND MYND DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000015887.1 | MADF DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
