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Main topics:

- ARB: a Short Introduction
- Glossary
- How to start ARB_EDIT4
- SAI Sequence Associated Information

Related topics:

- How is the consensus calculated?

# Consensus

- OCCURRENCE
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- EXAMPLES
- BUGS

## OCCURRENCE

### ARB_NT/SAI/Consensus

## DESCRIPTION

### Calculates consensus for marked or all sequences.

1. Choose an 'alignment' (see ´Glossary´) from the 'Alignment' subwindow.
2. Define whether 'marked' (see ´Glossary´) or all sequences should be used by pressing the respective checkbox after the 'species' prompt.
3. See ´How is the consensus calculated?´ for consensus details.
4. Define a name for the consensus sequence by selecting one from the 'SAI' subwindow or by typing it to the 'Name of New SAI' field.

## NOTES

### The consensus sequence is stored within the database as an 'SAI' entry and automatically edited with 'ARB_EDIT4'.

## EXAMPLES

### None

## BUGS

### No bugs known