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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003722.1 | 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE RECEPTOR |
| OFRAG00000003723.1 | TESTIS-EXPRESSED PROTEIN 26 ISOFORM X3 |
| OFRAG00000003724.1 | DUAL SPECIFICITY PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000003725.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003726.1 | PERIPHILIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000003726.2 | |
| OFRAG00000003727.1 | EF-HAND CALCIUM-BINDING DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 5 |
| OFRAG00000003728.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003729.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003730.1 | BCL-2 RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003731.1 | MEDIATOR OF RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION SUBUNIT 17 |
| OFRAG00000003732.1 | N-TERMINAL ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003733.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003734.1 | PROTEIN YIPPEE-LIKE CG15309-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003735.1 | FLOTILLIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003736.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003737.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 (MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER PHOSPHATE CARRIER), MEMBER 3, LIKE-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003738.1 | SI:CH211-59O9.10 |
| OFRAG00000003738.2 | SI:CH211-59O9.10 |
| OFRAG00000003739.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003740.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003741.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003742.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003743.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003744.1 | SEROTONIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000003745.1 | DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000003746.1 | DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE |
| OFRAG00000003747.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003748.1 | INNER CENTROMERE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003749.1 | RING FINGER PROTEIN 32 |
| OFRAG00000003750.1 | PROBABLE PEPTIDE CHAIN RELEASE FACTOR C12ORF65 |
| OFRAG00000003751.1 | ATP-BINDING CASSETTE SUB-FAMILY C |
| OFRAG00000003752.1 | THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE |
| OFRAG00000003753.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003754.1 | BETA-1,3-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000003755.1 | KELCH PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003756.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003757.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003758.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003759.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003760.1 | CALPAIN |
| OFRAG00000003761.1 | LD44762P |
| OFRAG00000003762.1 | SARM1 |
| OFRAG00000003763.1 | 60S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L27 |
| OFRAG00000003764.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 256 |
| OFRAG00000003765.1 | ACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000003766.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 256 |
| OFRAG00000003767.1 | ACYL-COENZYME A SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000003768.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003769.1 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
