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 |
|---|---|
| OFRAG00000004152.3 | ACTIN BUNDLING/MISSING IN METASTASIS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004152.4 | ACTIN BUNDLING/MISSING IN METASTASIS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004152.5 | ACTIN BUNDLING/MISSING IN METASTASIS-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004153.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004154.1 | ZINC METALLOPROTEASE FAMILY M13 NEPRILYSIN-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004155.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004156.1 | GAMMA-SECRETASE SUBUNIT PEN-2 |
| OFRAG00000004157.1 | OTU DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004158.1 | HOMEOBOX PROTEIN NKX |
| OFRAG00000004159.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004160.1 | ANDROGLOBIN |
| OFRAG00000004161.1 | PHOSPHOTYROSINE INTERACTION DOMAIN-CONTAINING FAMILY MEMBER |
| OFRAG00000004162.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004163.1 | GLR0591 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004164.1 | GLR0591 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004165.1 | 39S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L28, MITOCHONDRIAL |
| OFRAG00000004166.1 | GLR0591 PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004167.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004168.1 | MELANOMA INHIBITORY ACTIVITY-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004169.1 | 30S 40S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004170.1 | CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004171.1 | HISTONE-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CCAAT-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004172.1 | IMPORTIN BETA |
| OFRAG00000004173.1 | RNA RECOGNITION MOTIF RRM DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004174.1 | TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 65 |
| OFRAG00000004175.1 | GAMMA-SECRETASE SUBUNIT PEN-2 |
| OFRAG00000004176.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004177.1 | SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 2 |
| OFRAG00000004178.1 | RAP1 GTPASE-GDP DISSOCIATION STIMULATOR 1 |
| OFRAG00000004179.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004180.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004181.1 | DOLICHOL PHOSPHATE-MANNOSE BIOSYNTHESIS REGULATORY PROTEIN |
| OFRAG00000004182.1 | N-ALPHA-ACETYLTRANSFERASE 20 |
| OFRAG00000004183.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004183.2 | |
| OFRAG00000004184.1 | PRE-MRNA SPLICING FACTOR |
| OFRAG00000004185.1 | MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE SSK2-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004185.2 | MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE SSK2-RELATED-RELATED |
| OFRAG00000004186.1 | PERICENTRIN-LIKE PROTEIN, ISOFORM F |
| OFRAG00000004186.2 | PERICENTRIN-LIKE PROTEIN, ISOFORM F |
| OFRAG00000004186.3 | PERICENTRIN-LIKE PROTEIN, ISOFORM F |
| OFRAG00000004186.4 | PERICENTRIN-LIKE PROTEIN, ISOFORM F |
| OFRAG00000004187.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004188.1 | DEAD-BOX ATP-DEPENDENT RNA HELICASE 50 |
| OFRAG00000004189.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004190.1 | WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 27 |
| OFRAG00000004191.1 | FIBROUS SHEATH INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 |
| OFRAG00000004192.1 | MINA53 MYC INDUCED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN |
| OFRAG00000004193.1 | |
| OFRAG00000004194.1 |
