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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016221.1 | V-TYPE PROTON ATPASE PROTEOLIPID SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000016222.1 | TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR EIF-2B |
| OFRAG00000016223.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016223.2 | |
| OFRAG00000016224.1 | PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000016225.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S14/30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S11 |
| OFRAG00000016226.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016227.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016228.1 | CDC42 SMALL EFFECTOR PROTEIN HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000016229.1 | SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000016230.1 | ATAXIN-7-LIKE PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000016231.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016232.1 | PERILIPIN |
| OFRAG00000016232.2 | PERILIPIN |
| OFRAG00000016233.1 | RNA 3' TERMINAL PHOSPHATE CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000016234.1 | HUNTINGTON DISEASE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016235.1 | MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY S/T KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016236.1 | DNA PRIMASE LARGE SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000016237.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000016238.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016239.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 53 |
| OFRAG00000016240.1 | ENOLASE |
| OFRAG00000016241.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016242.1 | SHC TRANSFORMING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016243.1 | EARLY GAMETOCYTE ENRICHED PHOSPHOPROTEIN EGXP |
| OFRAG00000016244.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016245.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016246.1 | DNA REPAIR/RNA PROCESSING CPSF FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000016247.1 | FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016248.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016249.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016250.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2-ALPHA KINASE EIF2-ALPHA KINASE -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016251.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016252.1 | BNAC05G24000D PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016253.1 | GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016254.1 | FI20236P1 |
| OFRAG00000016255.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016256.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016257.1 | RAB GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000016258.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016259.1 | MYOSUPPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1, ISOFORM B-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016260.1 | MYOSUPPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1, ISOFORM B-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016261.1 | SYNAPTOBREVIN HOMOLOG YKT6 |
| OFRAG00000016262.1 | WASH COMPLEX SUBUNIT 5 |
| OFRAG00000016263.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016264.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016265.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016266.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016267.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016268.1 | PROLINE-, GLUTAMIC ACID- AND LEUCINE-RICH PROTEIN 1 |
