The chromosome-level genome sequence of a bone-eating worm, Osedax fenrisi Eilertsen, Dahlgren & Rapp, 2020 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
<ns3:p> We present a genome assembly from an individual <ns3:italic>Osedax fenrisi</ns3:italic> (bone-eating worm; Annelida; Polychaeta; Sabellida; Siboglinidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 699.06 megabases. Most of the assembly (96.07%) is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 20.29 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 12 909 protein-coding genes. From the metagenome data, we recovered 11 bins, of which four were high-quality MAGs. The genomic data will provide a foundation for studying symbiotic nutrient acquisition, bone-degradation mechanisms, and the ecological roles of bone-eating worms in deep-sea carbon and nitrogen cycling. </ns3:p>
Authors
- N. N. Rimskaya-Korsakova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9576-2435)
- Noah Gettle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-4086)
- Lee M. Henry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5706-1328)
- EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team
- Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership
- Haoyu Niu
- Rebecca O’Brien
- Mari Heggernes Eilertsen Sanger
- Michael Paulini
- Eerik Aunin
- Elizabeth Sinclair
- Graeme Oatley
- Victoria McKenna
- Camilla Santos
Publication Details
- Journal
- Wellcome Open Research
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26048.1
- Primary Topic
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00