Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms

Genomic versatility and functional variation between two dominant heterotrophic symbionts of deep-sea Osedax worms

PDF] Genomic Signatures Supporting the Symbiosis and Formation of Chitinous Tube in the Deep-Sea Tubeworm Paraescarpia echinospica

Genomic clusters of important genes related to the nitrogen metabolism

O. frankpressi. ( A ) Whale rib in situ with emergent worms. ( B )

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Novel insights on obligate symbiont lifestyle and adaptation to chemosynthetic environment as revealed by the giant tubeworm genome

Annelid functional genomics reveal the origins of bilaterian life cycles

Integrated multi-approaches reveal unique metabolic mechanisms of Vestimentifera to adapt to deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Osedax spp. (A) Adult O. frankpressi . (B) Osedax sp. MB3 (“rosy”). (C)