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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016553.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016554.1 | STAR-RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000016555.1 | CDGSH IRON-SULFUR DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000016556.1 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 53 |
| OFRAG00000016557.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE EMP24 DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016558.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016559.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000016560.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016561.1 | GLYCYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE/DNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT GAMMA-2 |
| OFRAG00000016562.1 | ER LUMEN PROTEIN RETAINING RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016563.1 | COILIN |
| OFRAG00000016564.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016565.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016566.1 | INTEGRATOR COMPLEX SUBUNIT 9 |
| OFRAG00000016567.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016568.1 | COILED-COIL DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 169 |
| OFRAG00000016569.1 | N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE VI |
| OFRAG00000016570.1 | AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 16-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000016571.1 | AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 16-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000016572.1 | 3-HYDROXYISOBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016573.1 | ODD-SKIPPED - RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016574.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN MUSASHI HOMOLOG RBP6 |
| OFRAG00000016575.1 | DYNACTIN 6 |
| OFRAG00000016576.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016577.1 | PDZ DOMAIN CONTAINING WHIRLIN AND HARMONIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016578.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016579.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016580.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000016581.1 | PHD FINGER PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000016582.1 | ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000016583.1 | ANKYRIN REPEAT FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016584.1 | ALPHA-KETOGLUTARATE-DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE ALKB HOMOLOG 6 |
| OFRAG00000016585.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016586.1 | PROTEIN CBG17025 |
| OFRAG00000016587.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016588.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016589.1 | PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016590.1 | URINARY PROTEIN RUP /ACROSOMAL PROTEIN SP-10 |
| OFRAG00000016591.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016592.1 | NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000016593.1 | NOP14 |
| OFRAG00000016594.1 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000016595.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016596.1 | GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE-INDUCIBLE PROTEINS-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 GADD45GIP1 |
| OFRAG00000016597.1 | VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 54 |
| OFRAG00000016598.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE 9 SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016599.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016600.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016601.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016602.1 | - |
