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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000002561.1 | UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE E3C |
| OFRAG00000002562.1 | PANTOTHENATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000002563.1 | GOLGI AUTOANTIGEN, GOLGIN SUBFAMILY A, 7 |
| OFRAG00000002564.1 | PROLINE SYNTHETASE CO-TRANSCRIBED BACTERIAL HOMOLOG PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002565.1 | SUCCINYL-COA LIGASE SUBUNIT ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000002566.1 | LIM DOMAIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002566.2 | LIM DOMAIN-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002567.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002568.1 | TOL-PAL SYSTEM PROTEIN TOLA |
| OFRAG00000002569.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002570.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002571.1 | CLASS II AMINOTRANSFERASE/8-AMINO-7-OXONONANOATE SYNTHASE |
| OFRAG00000002572.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002573.1 | HL01030P-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002574.1 | SENTRIN/SUMO-SPECIFIC PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000002575.1 | CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000002576.1 | DIOXYGENASE RV0097-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002577.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000002578.1 | ARMADILLO REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 7 |
| OFRAG00000002579.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002580.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002581.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002582.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000002583.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002584.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002585.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002586.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000002587.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002588.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002589.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1 REGULATORY SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000002590.1 | LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002591.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002592.1 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RP/EB FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002592.2 | MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RP/EB FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002593.1 | COATOMER SUBUNIT BETA |
| OFRAG00000002594.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 13 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002595.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002596.1 | PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1 PGC-1 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002597.1 | PACHYTENE CHECKPOINT PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000002598.1 | PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1 PGC-1 -RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002599.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002600.1 | CCR4-NOT TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000002601.1 | POTE ANKYRIN DOMAIN |
| OFRAG00000002601.2 | POTE ANKYRIN DOMAIN |
| OFRAG00000002602.1 | 3'-5' EXONUCLEASE ERI1-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002603.1 | LD44762P |
| OFRAG00000002604.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002605.1 | LD44762P |
| OFRAG00000002606.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002607.1 |
