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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004106.1 | ZINC FINGER CW-TYPE COILED-COIL DOMAIN PROTEIN 3. |
| OFRAG00000004107.1 | INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000004108.1 | ADAM10/ADAM17 METALLOPEPTIDASE FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004109.1 | PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE ALPHA SUBUNIT/RAB GERANYLGERANYL TRANSFERASE ALPHA SUBUNIT |
| OFRAG00000004110.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004111.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004112.1 | PROTEIN CBG12054-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004113.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004114.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004115.1 | CHROMODOMAIN-HELICASE-DNA-BINDING PROTEIN 3-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004116.1 | CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004117.1 | HILLARIN |
| OFRAG00000004118.1 | PANTOTHENATE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000004119.1 | GLYCINE-, GLUTAMATE-, THIENYLCYCLOHEXYLPIPERIDINE-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004119.2 | GLYCINE-, GLUTAMATE-, THIENYLCYCLOHEXYLPIPERIDINE-BINDING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004120.1 | ANILLIN/RHOTEKIN RTKN |
| OFRAG00000004120.2 | ANILLIN/RHOTEKIN RTKN |
| OFRAG00000004121.1 | MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 1, 3 |
| OFRAG00000004122.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004123.1 | HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE SMYD |
| OFRAG00000004124.1 | MAP/MICROTUBULE AFFINITY-REGULATING KINASE |
| OFRAG00000004125.1 | ZINC FINGER MATRIN-TYPE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000004126.1 | UBIQUITINATION FACTOR E4 |
| OFRAG00000004127.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35 |
| OFRAG00000004128.1 | DOCKING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004129.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004130.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004131.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004132.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004133.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004134.1 | MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000004135.1 | HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004136.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004137.1 | DISCS LARGE |
| OFRAG00000004138.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004139.1 | DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000004140.1 | TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE |
| OFRAG00000004141.1 | PROTEIN FAM207A |
| OFRAG00000004142.1 | NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004143.1 | NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004144.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004145.1 | CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 18 |
| OFRAG00000004146.1 | NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN 9 |
| OFRAG00000004147.1 | DNA LIGASE |
| OFRAG00000004148.1 | VEPH-A/MELTED |
| OFRAG00000004149.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004150.1 | VEPH-A/MELTED |
| OFRAG00000004151.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004152.1 | ACTIN BUNDLING/MISSING IN METASTASIS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004152.2 | ACTIN BUNDLING/MISSING IN METASTASIS-RELATED |
