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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017289.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017290.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017291.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017292.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017293.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017294.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017295.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017296.1 | SEC63 DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000017297.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000017298.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017299.1 | AG-1 BLOOD STAGE MEMBRANE PROTEIN HOMOLOGUE |
| OFRAG00000017300.1 | PROTEIN MIS12 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000017301.1 | PROTEIN MIS12 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000017302.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017303.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017304.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017305.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017306.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017307.1 | SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000017308.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4 GAMMA |
| OFRAG00000017309.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017310.1 | HIGH-AFFINITY CHOLINE TRANSPORTER 1 |
| OFRAG00000017311.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017312.1 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| OFRAG00000017312.2 | PROTEIN SIDEKICK |
| OFRAG00000017313.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017314.1 | GROUP XII SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017315.1 | COPPER HOMEOSTASIS PROTEIN CUTC |
| OFRAG00000017316.1 | GLUCOSE-METHANOL-CHOLINE GMC OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000017317.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017318.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4/SERTA DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000017319.1 | FMRFAMIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017320.1 | EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017321.1 | DICER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017322.1 | HOMOSERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017323.1 | PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE |
| OFRAG00000017324.1 | RNA-BINDING PROTEIN NOB1 |
| OFRAG00000017325.1 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3A |
| OFRAG00000017325.2 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3A |
| OFRAG00000017325.3 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3A |
| OFRAG00000017325.4 | VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 3A |
| OFRAG00000017326.1 | DIHYDROLIPOYLLYSINE-RESIDUE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE COMPONENT OF 2-OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017327.1 | NF-KAPPA-B-REPRESSING FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017328.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017329.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017330.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C |
| OFRAG00000017331.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L36, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000017332.1 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE FAMILY C1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017333.1 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE FAMILY C1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017334.1 | CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 18 |
