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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000016994.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-GLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS CLASS F PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000016995.1 | LIMBIN/ELLIS-VAN CREVELD PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016996.1 | LIMBIN/ELLIS-VAN CREVELD PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000016997.1 | |
| OFRAG00000016998.1 | PROTEIN FAM91A1 |
| OFRAG00000016999.1 | ELONGIN-C |
| OFRAG00000017000.1 | 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S7 |
| OFRAG00000017001.1 | PEROXISOMAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN PEX13 |
| OFRAG00000017002.1 | HISTONE-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CCAAT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017003.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, CATION COTRANSPORTERS |
| OFRAG00000017004.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE UBR4 |
| OFRAG00000017005.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017006.1 | N-MYC DOWNSTREAM REGULATED |
| OFRAG00000017007.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000017008.1 | UPF0462 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017009.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017010.1 | S-FORMYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000017011.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017012.1 | NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEIN NUP160 |
| OFRAG00000017013.1 | METHYLTHIOADENOSINE/PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE |
| OFRAG00000017014.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017015.1 | HEAVY PROTEIN, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017016.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000017017.1 | METHYLTHIOADENOSINE/PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE |
| OFRAG00000017018.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017019.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY M14 CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A,B |
| OFRAG00000017020.1 | CCR4-NOT TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX |
| OFRAG00000017021.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017022.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017023.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017024.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017025.1 | FAD SYNTHETASE-RELATED FMN ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017026.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017027.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN PROSPERO/PROX-1/CEH-26 |
| OFRAG00000017028.1 | DOLICHYL-PHOSPHATE-MANNOSE--PROTEIN MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017029.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017030.1 | MALEYLACETOACETATE ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000017031.1 | NUCLEOLAR RNA-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017032.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017033.1 | DRAB11-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017034.1 | TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL PROTEIN PAINLESS |
| OFRAG00000017035.1 | NOP2 YEAST -RELATED NOL1/NOP2/FMU SUN DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000017036.1 | F-BOX ONLY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017037.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017038.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017039.1 | PROTEASOME SUBUNIT ALPHA/BETA |
| OFRAG00000017040.1 | 2-OXOISOVALERATE DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT ALPHA, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000017041.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017042.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017043.1 | NITRILASE-RELATED |
