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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017335.1 | F-ACTIN-CAPPING PROTEIN SUBUNIT BETA |
| OFRAG00000017336.1 | RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE |
| OFRAG00000017337.1 | ANTIGEN 332, DBL-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017338.1 | RAD, GEM/KIR FAMILY MEMBER 2, ISOFORM C |
| OFRAG00000017339.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATASE AND PROTEIN-TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000017340.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017341.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017342.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017343.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017344.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017345.1 | CASEIN KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017346.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000017347.1 | PROTEIN CBG12474 |
| OFRAG00000017348.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017349.1 | PROTEIN EVA-1 |
| OFRAG00000017350.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017351.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017352.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017353.1 | GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE, DECARBOXYLATING |
| OFRAG00000017354.1 | HISTONE DEACETYLASE HDAC1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017355.1 | MULTIPLE COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY PROTEIN 2 NEURAL STEM CELL DERIVED NEURONAL SURVIVAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017355.2 | MULTIPLE COAGULATION FACTOR DEFICIENCY PROTEIN 2 NEURAL STEM CELL DERIVED NEURONAL SURVIVAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017356.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017357.1 | UDP-GLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE |
| OFRAG00000017358.1 | UDP-GLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE |
| OFRAG00000017359.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017360.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017361.1 | RNA BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017362.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE I,II,III |
| OFRAG00000017363.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017364.1 | RAB FAMILY |
| OFRAG00000017365.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017366.1 | DOLICHOL-PHOSPHATE MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE SUBUNIT 3 |
| OFRAG00000017367.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000017368.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017369.1 | FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017370.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL IMPORT INNER MEMBRANE TRANSLOCASE SUBUNIT TIM-17 |
| OFRAG00000017371.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE MAGUK |
| OFRAG00000017372.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE MAGUK |
| OFRAG00000017373.1 | FIBROIN HEAVY CHAIN FIB-H LIKE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017374.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017375.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000017376.1 | IMPORTIN-7, 8, 11 |
| OFRAG00000017377.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017378.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000017379.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017379.2 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017380.1 | HISTAMINE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000017381.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017382.1 |
