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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017579.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017580.1 | CYTOCHROME C1 HEME LYASE |
| OFRAG00000017581.1 | SIMILAR TO ENSANGP00000021391 |
| OFRAG00000017582.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017583.1 | EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 3 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017584.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017585.1 | TRNA DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017586.1 | MYC PROTO-ONCOGENE |
| OFRAG00000017587.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017588.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017589.1 | METHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017590.1 | IMIDAZOLONEPROPIONASE |
| OFRAG00000017591.1 | IMIDAZOLONEPROPIONASE |
| OFRAG00000017592.1 | FORMIMINOTRANSFERASE-CYCLODEAMINASE |
| OFRAG00000017593.1 | FORMIMINOTRANSFERASE-CYCLODEAMINASE |
| OFRAG00000017594.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017595.1 | UROCANATE HYDRATASE |
| OFRAG00000017596.1 | UROCANATE HYDRATASE |
| OFRAG00000017597.1 | MANNOSYL-D-GLYCERATE TRANSPORT/METABOLISM SYSTEM REPRESSOR MNGR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017598.1 | LEUCINE-SPECIFIC-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017599.1 | HIGH-AFFINITY BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM PERMEASE |
| OFRAG00000017600.1 | CONSERVED COMPONENT OF ABC TRANSPORTER FOR NATURAL AMINO ACIDS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017601.1 | HIGH-AFFINITY BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID TRANSPORT ATP-BINDING PROTEIN LIVF |
| OFRAG00000017602.1 | TOXIN YOEB |
| OFRAG00000017603.1 | 3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDRATASE SMALL SUBUNIT 2-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017604.1 | HOMOACONITASE, MITOCHONDRIAL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017605.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017606.1 | TRANS-ACONITATE 2-METHYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017607.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017608.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017609.1 | 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S1 |
| OFRAG00000017610.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017611.1 | ANAEROBIC MAGNESIUM-PROTOPORPHYRIN IX MONOMETHYL ESTER CYCLASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017612.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017613.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017614.1 | S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE:TRNA RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE-ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000017615.1 | MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR GUANYLYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017616.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017617.1 | ARGININE-TRNA-PROTEIN TRANSFERASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000017618.1 | PYRUVATE FORMATE-LYASE-ACTIVATING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000017619.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017620.1 | WERNER HELICASE-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017621.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017622.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017623.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017624.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017625.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017626.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017627.1 | SYNAPTIC VESICLE GLYCOPROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000017628.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
