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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000148.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000149.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000150.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000151.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000152.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000153.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL METAL TRANSPORTER 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000154.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL METAL TRANSPORTER 1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000155.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000000156.1 | ARRESTIN DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000157.1 | REGULATOR OF CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION |
| OFRAG00000000158.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000159.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000160.1 | BTK-BINDING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000161.1 | SPRY DOMAIN CONTAINING SOCS BOX PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000162.1 | REGULATOR OF CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION |
| OFRAG00000000163.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000000164.1 | GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000000165.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000166.1 | GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME |
| OFRAG00000000167.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000168.1 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-4-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE |
| OFRAG00000000169.1 | CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000170.1 | CHITIN SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000000171.1 | AGAP011099-PA |
| OFRAG00000000172.1 | HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000173.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000174.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000175.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000176.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000177.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000178.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000179.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000180.1 | ERYTHROID DIFFERENTIATION-RELATED FACTOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000000181.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000182.1 | UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000000183.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000000184.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000000185.1 | COLLAGEN ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000000186.1 | NICALIN |
| OFRAG00000000187.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000188.1 | PHOSPHOLIPID ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000000189.1 | MYOSIN |
| OFRAG00000000190.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000191.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000000192.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000193.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000194.1 | PROTEIN CBG11839-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000195.1 | ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE |
| OFRAG00000000196.1 | POLY ADP-RIBOSE POLYMERASE FAMILY, MEMBER PARP |
| OFRAG00000000197.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
