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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016412.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000016413.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016414.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016415.1 | PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000016416.1 | SUPERKILLER 3 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016417.1 | LEUCINE RICH REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016418.1 | SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000016419.1 | SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000016420.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 15-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016421.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L26 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016421.2 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L26 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016422.1 | HILLARIN |
| OFRAG00000016422.2 | HILLARIN |
| OFRAG00000016423.1 | ALPHA-AMINOADIPIC SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000016424.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016425.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016426.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016427.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016428.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000016429.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016430.1 | GUANYLYL CYCLASE |
| OFRAG00000016431.1 | CONSERVED OLIGOMERIC GOLGI COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000016432.1 | SIMILAR TO KIAA0825 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016433.1 | SIGNAL-TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016434.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000016435.1 | MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016436.1 | RBR FAMILY RING FINGER AND IBR DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000016436.2 | RBR FAMILY RING FINGER AND IBR DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000016437.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016438.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000016439.1 | SAL-LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016440.1 | UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 |
| OFRAG00000016441.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000016442.1 | HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC100359752 |
| OFRAG00000016443.1 | HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC100359752 |
| OFRAG00000016444.1 | PROTEIN ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE 5 |
| OFRAG00000016445.1 | TRANSFORMER-2 SEX-DETERMINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016446.1 | PIEZO-TYPE MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000016447.1 | PIEZO-TYPE MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000016448.1 | DNA REPAIR DEAD HELICASE RAD3/XP-D SUBFAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000016449.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016450.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016451.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016452.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016453.1 | HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000016454.1 | PROTEIN LZIC |
| OFRAG00000016454.2 | PROTEIN LZIC |
| OFRAG00000016455.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016456.1 | APICAL PROTEIN/SHROOM-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016457.1 |
