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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017191.1 | OXIDATIVE STRESS-RESPONSE SERINE-RICH PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000017192.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017193.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017194.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017195.1 | GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000017196.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS |
| OFRAG00000017197.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017198.1 | VACUOLAR ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT S1 |
| OFRAG00000017199.1 | NUCLEAR PROTEIN MDM1 |
| OFRAG00000017200.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017201.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017202.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017203.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017204.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017205.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017206.1 | SLEI FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017207.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000017208.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017209.1 | HISTONE H2B |
| OFRAG00000017210.1 | IMPORTIN-7, 8, 11 |
| OFRAG00000017211.1 | UBIQUITIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2-LIKE/LINGERER |
| OFRAG00000017212.1 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017213.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017214.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017215.1 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017216.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017217.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017218.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017219.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017220.1 | UPSTREAM BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000017221.1 | XAA-PRO AMINOPEPTIDASE 3 |
| OFRAG00000017222.1 | LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN 4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017223.1 | LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN 4-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017224.1 | RAS, DI-RAS, AND RHEB FAMILY MEMBERS OF SMALL GTPASE SUPERFAMILY |
| OFRAG00000017225.1 | LIPOCALIN-1 INTERACTING MEMBRANE RECEPTOR LIMR |
| OFRAG00000017226.1 | PUTATIVE HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHTF |
| OFRAG00000017227.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017228.1 | RNA EXONUCLEASE REXO1 / RECO3 FAMILY MEMBER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017229.1 | SELENOPROTEIN T |
| OFRAG00000017230.1 | TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN 6 |
| OFRAG00000017231.1 | PROTEIN FMC1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000017232.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE FRAY2 |
| OFRAG00000017233.1 | GUANYLATE CYCLASE SOLUBLE SUBUNIT BETA-2 |
| OFRAG00000017234.1 | GUANYLATE CYCLASE SOLUBLE SUBUNIT BETA-2 |
| OFRAG00000017235.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017236.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017237.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017238.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017239.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000017240.1 |
