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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000002798.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL BASIC AMINO ACIDS TRANSPORTER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002799.1 | NEUROTRANSMITTER GATED ION CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000002800.1 | TYROSINE-PROTEIN KINASE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002801.1 | PKSB |
| OFRAG00000002802.1 | EF-HAND CALCIUM-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000002803.1 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN |
| OFRAG00000002804.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002805.1 | CREB/ATF BZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000002806.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002807.1 | BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, TWIST |
| OFRAG00000002808.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002809.1 | FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002810.1 | CORONIN |
| OFRAG00000002811.1 | G PATCH DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000002812.1 | NUCLEAR SPECKLE SPLICING REGULATORY PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000002813.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002814.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002815.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002816.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 52 |
| OFRAG00000002817.1 | SERINE/THREONINE-PROTEIN KINASE |
| OFRAG00000002818.1 | MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE MAGUK |
| OFRAG00000002819.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002820.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002821.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 13 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002822.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002823.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002824.1 | CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT BETA |
| OFRAG00000002825.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 5 |
| OFRAG00000002826.1 | LEISHMANOLYSIN-LIKE PEPTIDASE |
| OFRAG00000002827.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002828.1 | LD33804P |
| OFRAG00000002829.1 | GH16255P |
| OFRAG00000002830.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002831.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002832.1 | NFATC2-INTERACTING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002833.1 | GRANULIN |
| OFRAG00000002834.1 | GRANULIN |
| OFRAG00000002835.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002836.1 | GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000002837.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000002838.1 | ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002839.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002840.1 | MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002841.1 | MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED GUANYLATE KINASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002842.1 | PROTEIN UNC-50 HOMOLOG |
| OFRAG00000002843.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002844.1 | SJOEGREN SYNDROME NUCLEAR AUTOANTIGEN 1 |
| OFRAG00000002845.1 | OVARIAN CARCINOMA ANTIGEN CA125-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002846.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002847.1 | LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 73 |
