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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017629.1 | TRNA-DIHYDROURIDINE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000017630.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED RING FINGER-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017631.1 | CCAAT-BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017632.1 | PROTEIN KINASE RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017633.1 | SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000017634.1 | RING-TYPE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017635.1 | SORTING NEXIN |
| OFRAG00000017636.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000017637.1 | BETA1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017638.1 | NUCLEOLAR COMPLEX PROTEIN 4 |
| OFRAG00000017639.1 | HELICASE SRCAP-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017640.1 | SLINGSHOT PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000017641.1 | CELL CYCLE CONTROL PROTEIN CWF22-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017642.1 | CORDON-BLEU |
| OFRAG00000017643.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017644.1 | CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE |
| OFRAG00000017645.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017646.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017647.1 | 2-OXOGLUTARATE (2OG) AND FE(II)-DEPENDENT OXYGENASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017648.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000017649.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000017650.1 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000017650.2 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000017650.3 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000017651.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017652.1 | PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN PROTEIN ZASP |
| OFRAG00000017653.1 | POLYCOMB PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017654.1 | SERINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017655.1 | PROTEIN FAM227B |
| OFRAG00000017656.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017657.1 | PROKARYOTIC DNA TOPOISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000017658.1 | PROTEIN CCSMST1 |
| OFRAG00000017659.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017660.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017661.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000017662.1 | BETA LACTAMASE DOMAIN |
| OFRAG00000017663.1 | UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE--DOLICHYL-PHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000017664.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017665.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017666.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017667.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017668.1 | HIGH-AFFINITY CHOLINE TRANSPORTER 1 |
| OFRAG00000017669.1 | NADH DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE) 1 BETA SUBCOMPLEX, 4 |
| OFRAG00000017670.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017671.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000017672.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017673.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017674.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017675.1 | THIOREDOXIN-LIKE PROTEN 4A, 4B |
| OFRAG00000017676.1 |
