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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016172.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE AGGG SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000016173.1 | CDK5 AND ABL1 ENZYME SUBSTRATE 1 |
| OFRAG00000016174.1 | CDK5 AND ABL1 ENZYME SUBSTRATE 1 |
| OFRAG00000016175.1 | TRANS-SULFURATION ENZYME FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016176.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE NEK |
| OFRAG00000016177.1 | GH08155P |
| OFRAG00000016178.1 | EIF-1A |
| OFRAG00000016179.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016179.2 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016180.1 | RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000016181.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016182.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016183.1 | RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000016184.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN BARH-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000016185.1 | CHARGED MULTIVESICULAR BODY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016186.1 | CULLIN |
| OFRAG00000016187.1 | CLATHRIN ASSEMBLY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016188.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000016189.1 | SLIT RELATED LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT NEURONAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016190.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016191.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016192.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 17 |
| OFRAG00000016193.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016194.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016195.1 | C1ORF189 |
| OFRAG00000016196.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000016197.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016198.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016199.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000016200.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000016201.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016202.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000016203.1 | CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE POLYPEPTIDE VIC-2 |
| OFRAG00000016204.1 | STERILE ALPHA MOTIF DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 10 |
| OFRAG00000016205.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016206.1 | G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE/RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE |
| OFRAG00000016207.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016208.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016209.1 | PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE ZDHHC16 |
| OFRAG00000016210.1 | PERIOSTIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016211.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000016212.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000016213.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016214.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016215.1 | CYTOCHROME P450 508A4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016216.1 | DNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT GAMMA-1 |
| OFRAG00000016217.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016218.1 | RGM DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER DRAG-1 |
| OFRAG00000016219.1 | METHIONYL-TRNA FORMYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016220.1 | BCL-2 RELATED |
