Bathymodiolus brooksi is a species of deep-sea mussel in the family Mytilidae, commonly found in sulfide- and methane-rich hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. This species harbors symbiotic bacteria in its gills, which enable it to thrive in extreme environments by oxidizing methane or hydrogen sulfide to produce organic compounds. Bathymodiolus brooksi plays a crucial role in deep-sea ecosystems by contributing to nutrient cycling and supporting diverse microbial and faunal communities.
Animalia (Kingdom); Mollusca (Phylum); Bivalvia (Class); Autobranchia (Subclass); Pteriomorphia (Infraclass); Mytilida (Order); Mytiloidea (Superfamily); Modiolidae (Family); Bathymodiolinae (Subfamily); Bathymodiolus (Genus); Bathymodiolus brooksi (Species)
Bathymodiolus brooksi Gustafson, R. D. Turner, Lutz & Vrijenhoek, 1998
1. Gustafson R G, Turner R D, Lutz R A, et al. A new genus and five new species of mussels (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from deep-sea sulfide/hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico[J]. Malacologia, 1998, 40(1-2): 63-112. (Gustafson et al., 1998)
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathymodiolus brooksi | Mollusca | - | Hydrothermal vent | 1,073-3,314 | cold seep location GC853 at the northern Gulf of Mexico (28.1237, −89.1404) | 206348 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xbBatBroo1.1 | 2 Gb | Chromosome | 2023 | CAVMGF01 | WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE | PRJEB70452 | 94.00 | 130,400/2,900 | 35 | - | 34,012 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| ENSQHTP00000022382.1 | PANTOTHENATE KINASE |
| ENSQHTP00000022383.1 | ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR-RELATED G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR |
| ENSQHTP00000022384.1 | RGM DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER DRAG-1 |
| ENSQHTP00000022385.1 | - |
| ENSQHTP00000022386.1 | KRAB AND ZINC FINGER DOMAIN-CONTAINING |
| ENSQHTP00000022387.1 | NADPH OXIDASE |
| ENSQHTP00000022388.1 | CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES REGULATORY SUBUNIT/60S RIBOSOME SUBUNIT BIOGENESIS PROTEIN NIP7 |
| ENSQHTP00000022389.1 | - |
| ENSQHTP00000022390.1 | PANTOTHENATE KINASE |
| ENSQHTP00000022391.1 | NITRIC OXIDE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 |
| ENSQHTP00000022392.1 | 4-HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE |
| ENSQHTP00000022393.1 | BREAST CANCER TYPE 2 SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN BRCA2 |
| ENSQHTP00000022394.1 | NADPH OXIDASE |
| ENSQHTP00000022395.1 | - |
| ENSQHTP00000022396.1 | SAP DOMAIN-CONTAINING RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN |
| ENSQHTP00000022397.1 | AGAP003710-PA |
| ENSQHTP00000022398.1 | L-THREONINE ALDOLASE-RELATED |
| ENSQHTP00000022399.1 | RE40534P-RELATED |
| ENSQHTP00000022400.1 | - |
| ENSQHTP00000022401.1 | GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE |
