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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000002897.1 | CLATHRIN HEAVY CHAIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002898.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002899.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002900.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002901.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002901.2 | |
| OFRAG00000002902.1 | PELOTA |
| OFRAG00000002903.1 | G/T AND G/U MISMATCH-SPECIFIC DNA GLYCOSYLASE |
| OFRAG00000002904.1 | SH2B ADAPTER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002905.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000002906.1 | HAUS AUGMIN-LIKE COMPLEX SUBUNIT 7 |
| OFRAG00000002907.1 | ACETOACETYL-COA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000002908.1 | SERINE PEPTIDASE S9 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000002909.1 | VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000002909.2 | VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL |
| OFRAG00000002910.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002911.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002912.1 | CELL DIVISION CYCLE 16,23,27 |
| OFRAG00000002913.1 | SERINE/ARGININE REPETITIVE MATRIX PROTEIN 3-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002914.1 | AGAP008170-PA |
| OFRAG00000002915.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002916.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002917.1 | TYROSINE SPECIFIC PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE AND DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000002918.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L14, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000002919.1 | ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROTEIN MCBG |
| OFRAG00000002920.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002921.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002922.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002923.1 | URINARY PROTEIN RUP /ACROSOMAL PROTEIN SP-10 |
| OFRAG00000002924.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002925.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002926.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002927.1 | NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002928.1 | MITOCHONDRIAL DICARBOXYLATE CARRIER-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002929.1 | N-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE PROCESSING |
| OFRAG00000002930.1 | OTU DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000002931.1 | RHO GUANINE EXCHANGE FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000002932.1 | CONTACTIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000002933.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002933.2 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002934.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002935.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002936.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002937.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002938.1 | GABA-B RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000002939.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002940.1 | |
| OFRAG00000002941.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR PROTEIN YY |
| OFRAG00000002942.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000002943.1 | TYROSYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
