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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003338.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000003339.1 | ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE DBP3 |
| OFRAG00000003340.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003341.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003342.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003343.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003344.1 | SYNTROPHIN |
| OFRAG00000003345.1 | MALONYL-COA ACP TRANSACYLASE, ACP-BINDING |
| OFRAG00000003346.1 | NEFA-INTERACTING NUCLEAR PROTEIN NIP30 |
| OFRAG00000003347.1 | FLAGELLAR RADIAL SPOKE PROTEIN 3 |
| OFRAG00000003348.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003349.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003350.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003351.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003352.1 | WD40 REPEAT PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003353.1 | ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR-LIKE PROTEIN 8 |
| OFRAG00000003354.1 | RING FINGER AND SWIM DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000003355.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003356.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003357.1 | NF-KAPPA-B INHIBITOR ALPHA |
| OFRAG00000003358.1 | ESTERASE OVCA2 |
| OFRAG00000003359.1 | CLEAVAGE/POLYADENYLATION FACTOR IA SUBUNIT CLP1P |
| OFRAG00000003360.1 | CRUMBS FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003361.1 | G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE/RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE |
| OFRAG00000003362.1 | RETICULOPHAGY REGULATOR 3 |
| OFRAG00000003363.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L37A |
| OFRAG00000003364.1 | TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003365.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003366.1 | LIG_CHAN-GLU_BD DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003367.1 | PROTEIN CBG16428 |
| OFRAG00000003368.1 | MUCIN-22 |
| OFRAG00000003369.1 | PROTEIN CBG16428 |
| OFRAG00000003370.1 | CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT PROTEIN RAD1 |
| OFRAG00000003371.1 | PROTEIN FAM221A-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003372.1 | RHOMBOID-RELATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003373.1 | G PATCH AND KOW-CONTAINING |
| OFRAG00000003374.1 | NADH-UBIQUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE 13 KD-B SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000003375.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003376.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003377.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003378.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003379.1 | POLYCYSTIN-1 |
| OFRAG00000003380.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003381.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003382.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003383.1 | POLYCYSTIN-1 |
| OFRAG00000003384.1 | ANTIGEN 332, DBL-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003385.1 | ANTIGEN 332, DBL-LIKE PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003386.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003387.1 | POLYCYSTIN-1 |
