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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000017725.1 | SWI5-DEPENDENT RECOMBINATION DNA REPAIR PROTEIN 1 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000017726.1 | STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES SMC FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017727.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017728.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017729.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000017730.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017731.1 | OXIDORED-NITRO DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017732.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017733.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000017734.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000017735.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017736.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017737.1 | IG(IMMUNOGLOBULIN) AND LRR(LEUCINE RICH REPEAT) DOMAINS |
| OFRAG00000017738.1 | ANTIGEN BSP, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017739.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017740.1 | POTASSIUM CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY K |
| OFRAG00000017741.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017742.1 | GPALPP MOTIFS-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000017743.1 | TRAFFICKING KINESIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017743.2 | TRAFFICKING KINESIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000017744.1 | RIBONUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN S1 |
| OFRAG00000017745.1 | GLUTAREDOXIN DOMAIN-CONTAINING CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000017746.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017747.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017748.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000017749.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000017750.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017751.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017752.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017753.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017754.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017755.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017756.1 | M-PHASE INDUCER PHOSPHATASE DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE CDC25 |
| OFRAG00000017757.1 | M-PHASE INDUCER PHOSPHATASE DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE CDC25 |
| OFRAG00000017758.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000017759.1 | M-PHASE INDUCER PHOSPHATASE DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE CDC25 |
| OFRAG00000017760.1 | GUANYLATE KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017761.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017762.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR PROTEIN HCNGP |
| OFRAG00000017763.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017764.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017765.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017766.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL METAL TRANSPORTER 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017767.1 | TELOMERE LENGTH REGULATION PROTEIN TEL2 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017768.1 | TELOMERE LENGTH REGULATION PROTEIN TEL2 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000017769.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017770.1 | TRACE AMINE-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 19N-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000017771.1 | |
| OFRAG00000017772.1 | GH08155P |
| OFRAG00000017773.1 | PROTEIN EVA-1 |
