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>

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Wellcome Open Research
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2026-02-24
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https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26048.1
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Marine Biology and Ecology Research
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The chromosome-level genome sequence of a bone-eating worm, Osedax fenrisi Eilertsen, Dahlgren & Rapp, 2020 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences

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The chromosome-level genome sequence of a bone-eating worm, Osedax fenrisi Eilertsen, Dahlgren & Rapp, 2020 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences

N. N. Rimskaya-Korsakova, Noah Gettle, Lee M. Henry, 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
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<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>

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