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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000015936.1 | TWINFILIN |
| OFRAG00000015937.1 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
| OFRAG00000015938.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE RHLE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015938.2 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE RHLE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015939.1 | PRE-MRNA-PROCESSING FACTOR 19 |
| OFRAG00000015940.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000015941.1 | THUMP DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000015942.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000015943.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015944.1 | 60 KDA HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000015945.1 | 10 KDA HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015946.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED DUF1308 |
| OFRAG00000015947.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015948.1 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015948.2 | CHROMOSOME-ASSOCIATED KINESIN KIF4A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015949.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015950.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015951.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015952.1 | RING FINGER PROTEIN 141-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015953.1 | ATAXIN 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015953.2 | ATAXIN 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015953.3 | ATAXIN 2-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015954.1 | RAB GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000015955.1 | PHD/F-BOX CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015956.1 | PROTEIN ABHD11 |
| OFRAG00000015957.1 | PROTEIN ABHD11 |
| OFRAG00000015958.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015959.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015960.1 | SERINE-THREONINE PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000015961.1 | SERINE/THREONINE/TYROSINE-INTERACTING-LIKE PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000015962.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000015963.1 | BIFUNCTIONAL POLYNUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATASE/KINASE |
| OFRAG00000015964.1 | 26S PROTEASOME REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000015965.1 | RING FINGER AND PROTEASE ASSOCIATED DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000015966.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015967.1 | AGAP011572-PA |
| OFRAG00000015968.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL UBIQUITIN LIGASE ACTIVATOR OF NFKB 1 |
| OFRAG00000015969.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015970.1 | PHOSPHOLIPASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015971.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE UNC-51-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015972.1 | TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015973.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015974.1 | |
| OFRAG00000015975.1 | AT09986P-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015976.1 | DRAB5-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000015977.1 | TRANSDUCIN BETA-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000015978.1 | RH14732P |
| OFRAG00000015979.1 | INHIBITOR OF GROWTH PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000015980.1 | STEROL DESATURASE |
| OFRAG00000015981.1 | SHIPPO-1-RELATED |
