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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001600.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001601.1 | HEMK METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000001602.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001603.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001604.1 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001605.1 | ZGC:153157 |
| OFRAG00000001606.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001607.1 | CYSTEINE-RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001608.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001609.1 | CYTOCHROME B561/FERRIC REDUCTASE TRANSMEMBRANE |
| OFRAG00000001610.1 | CTX-RELATED TYPE I TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001610.2 | CTX-RELATED TYPE I TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001611.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001612.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001613.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS |
| OFRAG00000001613.2 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS |
| OFRAG00000001614.1 | TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 2 SUBUNIT MAPKAP1 |
| OFRAG00000001615.1 | SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR, SERPIN |
| OFRAG00000001616.1 | SPERMATID WD-REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001617.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001617.2 | |
| OFRAG00000001618.1 | CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000001618.2 | CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000001619.1 | PEROXISOMAL BIOGENESIS FACTOR 19 |
| OFRAG00000001620.1 | URIDINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001621.1 | SMALL INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 12 |
| OFRAG00000001622.1 | PA-PL1 PHOSPHOLIPASE FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000001623.1 | URIDINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001624.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001625.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001626.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001627.1 | REGULATOR OF CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION |
| OFRAG00000001628.1 | LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID TRANSPORT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001629.1 | REGULATOR OF CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION |
| OFRAG00000001630.1 | LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACID TRANSPORT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001631.1 | NAD-DEPENDENT PROTEIN DEACYLASE SIRTUIN-5, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001632.1 | ENDOTHELIAL DIFFERENTIATION-RELATED FACTOR 1 MULTIPROTEIN BRIDGING FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000001633.1 | SH3 DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000001634.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001635.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE 49 KDA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000001636.1 | RIBONUCLEASE T2 |
| OFRAG00000001637.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 294 |
| OFRAG00000001638.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000001639.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 294 |
| OFRAG00000001640.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L49 |
| OFRAG00000001641.1 | AMILORIDE-SENSITIVE SODIUM CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001642.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001643.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001644.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001645.1 |
