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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004342.1 | NUCLEOTIDE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000004343.1 | NUCLEOTIDE KINASE |
| OFRAG00000004344.1 | TRYPTOPHANYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE |
| OFRAG00000004345.1 | TRANSDUCIN/WD40 REPEAT-LIKE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004346.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004347.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004348.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004349.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004350.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004351.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004352.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004353.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004354.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004355.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004356.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004357.1 | PRE-MRNA SPLICING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000004358.1 | PROTEIN, PUTATIVE-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004359.1 | FI04487P |
| OFRAG00000004360.1 | THIOESTERASE 1/PROTEASE 1/LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE L1 |
| OFRAG00000004361.1 | KNIRPS-RELATED PROTEIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004362.1 | HELICASE |
| OFRAG00000004363.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004364.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004365.1 | GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING PROTEIN BETA G PROTEIN BETA |
| OFRAG00000004366.1 | BASIGIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004367.1 | CELL GROWTH-REGULATING NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN LYAR |
| OFRAG00000004367.2 | CELL GROWTH-REGULATING NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN LYAR |
| OFRAG00000004368.1 | SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 MEMBER 44 |
| OFRAG00000004369.1 | DISCS LARGE |
| OFRAG00000004370.1 | DISCS LARGE |
| OFRAG00000004371.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004372.1 | ADENOSINE/GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATASE |
| OFRAG00000004373.1 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE PRAJA |
| OFRAG00000004373.2 | E3 UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE PRAJA |
| OFRAG00000004374.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004375.1 | GH04942P |
| OFRAG00000004376.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004377.1 | THYROID RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004378.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004379.1 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000004380.1 | AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER |
| OFRAG00000004381.1 | OS01G0585100 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004382.1 | UNCHARACTERIZED |
| OFRAG00000004383.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004384.1 | MICOS COMPLEX SUBUNIT MIC13 |
| OFRAG00000004385.1 | POLYGALACTURONASE 1 BETA-LIKE PROTEIN 2 |
| OFRAG00000004386.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004387.1 | PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE PP2A REGULATORY SUBUNIT B |
| OFRAG00000004388.1 | WD-REPEATCONTAINING PROTEIN WDR1 |
| OFRAG00000004389.1 | DNA POLYMERASE THETA, PUTATIVE (AFU_ORTHOLOGUE AFUA_1G05260)-RELATED |
