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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000001790.1 | DELTA-1-PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE DEHYDROGENASE 1, ISOFORM A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001791.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000001792.1 | C3ORF6 PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001793.1 | RAD, GEM/KIR FAMILY MEMBER 2, ISOFORM C |
| OFRAG00000001794.1 | BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY-INCREASING BPI PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001795.1 | NUDIX HYDROLASE |
| OFRAG00000001796.1 | DYNEIN REGULATORY COMPLEX SUBUNIT 4 |
| OFRAG00000001797.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001798.1 | GLUCOCORTICOID MODULATORY ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001799.1 | GLUCOCORTICOID MODULATORY ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001800.1 | TUBULIN |
| OFRAG00000001801.1 | POLYMYOSITIS/SCLERODERMA AUTOANTIGEN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001802.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001803.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN ZIC AND GLI |
| OFRAG00000001804.1 | NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN 7/ESTROGEN RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001805.1 | RIBONUCLEASE |
| OFRAG00000001806.1 | CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000001807.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001808.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001809.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001810.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001811.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001812.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000001813.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001814.1 | TMEM26 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001815.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001816.1 | SHC (SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN C-TERMINAL) ADAPTOR HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000001817.1 | SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000001818.1 | REPRESSOR OF RNA POLYMERASE III TRANSCRIPTION MAF1 |
| OFRAG00000001819.1 | GAMMA-GLUTAMYLPUTRESCINE SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000001820.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001821.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001822.1 | PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000001823.1 | CELL DIVISION PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001824.1 | RAS-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000001825.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000001826.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001827.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE NEK |
| OFRAG00000001828.1 | RIBOSOME RECYCLING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000001829.1 | RIBOSOME RECYCLING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000001830.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001831.1 | RIBOSOME RECYCLING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000001832.1 | RIBOSOME RECYCLING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000001833.1 | CYTIDINE DEAMINASE |
| OFRAG00000001834.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000001835.1 | |
| OFRAG00000001836.1 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000001837.1 | INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED KINASE |
| OFRAG00000001838.1 | DISCOIDIN, CUB, EGF, LAMININ , AND ZINC METALLOPROTEASE DOMAIN CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000001839.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 11 |
