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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016895.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 38 |
| OFRAG00000016896.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000016897.1 | UPF0561 PROTEIN C2ORF68 |
| OFRAG00000016898.1 | L-THREONINE ALDOLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016899.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016900.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000016901.1 | THYMIDINE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000016902.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016903.1 | DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE [NADP(+)] |
| OFRAG00000016904.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016905.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000016906.1 | CALCIUM UNIPORTER PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000016906.2 | CALCIUM UNIPORTER PROTEIN, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000016907.1 | SCP160 |
| OFRAG00000016908.1 | GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000016909.1 | RETINOBLASTOMA-BINDING PROTEIN 6 |
| OFRAG00000016910.1 | MEDIATOR OF RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION, SUBUNIT 18 |
| OFRAG00000016911.1 | EXOSOME COMPLEX COMPONENT |
| OFRAG00000016912.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016913.1 | PHOSPHORYN, PUTATIVE-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016914.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 39 |
| OFRAG00000016915.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016916.1 | PROTEIN FAM204A |
| OFRAG00000016917.1 | BNIP1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016918.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN |
| OFRAG00000016919.1 | TROPOMODULIN |
| OFRAG00000016920.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016921.1 | OCCLUDIN AND RNA POLYMERASE II ELONGATION FACTOR ELL |
| OFRAG00000016922.1 | SPERMATOGENESIS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000016923.1 | FUMARYLACETOACETASE |
| OFRAG00000016924.1 | KINESIN-RELATED PROTEIN 6 |
| OFRAG00000016925.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016926.1 | AVIDIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016927.1 | BUD13 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000016928.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000016929.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE UNC-51-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016930.1 | NADH DEHYDROGENASE UBIQUINONE 1 ALPHA SUBCOMPLEX SUBUNIT 13 |
| OFRAG00000016931.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016932.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016933.1 | LON PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000016934.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016935.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016936.1 | RAB GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1-LIKE |
| OFRAG00000016937.1 | EXPORTIN-T/LOS1 |
| OFRAG00000016938.1 | AD-003 - RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016939.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016940.1 | LD33804P |
| OFRAG00000016941.1 | THO COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000016942.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000016943.1 |
