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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000003817.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 19 |
| OFRAG00000003818.1 | STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000003819.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003820.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003821.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003822.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003823.1 | RHO-GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEIN 6 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003824.1 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003825.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003826.1 | CADHERIN-87A |
| OFRAG00000003827.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003828.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003829.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003830.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003831.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003832.1 | TSC22 |
| OFRAG00000003833.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003834.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003835.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003836.1 | NATURAL KILLER CELL-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN KLIP1 |
| OFRAG00000003837.1 | FAS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003838.1 | TRANSPORT AND GOLGI ORGANIZATION PROTEIN 6 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003839.1 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE ATG4 |
| OFRAG00000003840.1 | RHOMBOID PROTEASE |
| OFRAG00000003841.1 | C5ORF31 |
| OFRAG00000003842.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003843.1 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR CTCFL-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003843.2 | ZINC FINGER PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003844.1 | SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003845.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003846.1 | EF-HAND CALCIUM-BINDING DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003847.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003848.1 | PAPILLOMAVIRUS REGULATORY FACTOR PRF-1 |
| OFRAG00000003849.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003850.1 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE |
| OFRAG00000003851.1 | 60S ACIDIC RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN P1 |
| OFRAG00000003852.1 | - |
| OFRAG00000003853.1 | YIPPEE DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000003854.1 | STAR-RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000003855.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003856.1 | STAR-RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000003857.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003858.1 | SCC1 / RAD21 FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000003859.1 | TRYPTASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003860.1 | NISCHARIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000003861.1 | |
| OFRAG00000003862.1 | CULLIN |
| OFRAG00000003863.1 | SODIUM/POTASSIUM-DEPENDENT ATPASE BETA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000003864.1 | GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE |
| OFRAG00000003865.1 | SODIUM/CHLORIDE DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER |
