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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000000198.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000199.1 | REPLICATION PROTEIN A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000200.1 | UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE E3C |
| OFRAG00000000201.1 | PEPTIDE CHAIN RELEASE FACTOR SUBUNIT 1 |
| OFRAG00000000202.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE RHLE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000203.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000000204.1 | RENIN RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000000205.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 128 |
| OFRAG00000000206.1 | 26S PROTEASOME REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000000207.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE MYCBP2 |
| OFRAG00000000208.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000209.1 | NETRIN/LAMININ-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000210.1 | PROTEASE FAMILY C15 PYROGLUTAMYL-PEPTIDASE I-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000211.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000000212.1 | SLIT HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000000213.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000214.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000215.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN MSX |
| OFRAG00000000216.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000217.1 | CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 SUBUNIT A CAF-1 SUBUNIT A |
| OFRAG00000000218.1 | SR-RELATED CTD ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6 |
| OFRAG00000000219.1 | HOMEODOX-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 HMBOX1 |
| OFRAG00000000220.1 | SAM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000221.1 | CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000000222.1 | GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1 |
| OFRAG00000000223.1 | PROTEIN FAM183B |
| OFRAG00000000224.1 | SET DOMAIN PROTEINS |
| OFRAG00000000225.1 | INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED KINASE |
| OFRAG00000000226.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000227.1 | SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN SM |
| OFRAG00000000228.1 | 26S PROTEASOME NON-ATPASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT 11/COP9 SIGNALOSOME COMPLEX SUBUNIT 2 |
| OFRAG00000000229.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000000230.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000231.1 | KRUEPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000000232.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000233.1 | DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN FAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000234.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000235.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000235.2 | |
| OFRAG00000000236.1 | IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000000237.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000238.1 | SERINE PROTEASE FAMILY S1C HTRA-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000239.1 | BRCA2 AND CDKN1A INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000240.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000241.1 | POLY A POLYMERASE CID PAP -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000000242.1 | LYSM AND PUTATIVE PEPTIDOGLYCAN-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000000242.2 | |
| OFRAG00000000243.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000244.1 | |
| OFRAG00000000245.1 | REGULATOR OF G PROTEIN SIGNALING |
