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# NOTES: fasta

- OCCURRENCE
- DESCRIPTION
- Provided import filters:
- NOTES

## OCCURRENCE

### ARB_IMPORT

## DESCRIPTION

### The fasta format is the most simple format available. It looks like this:

    >species_ID   some_additional_information
    acgtuacgacgcaacg
    acgcacgtutcat
    >second_species_ID
    acgtuacgacgcaacg

## Provided import filters:

- fasta.ift (removes gaps)
- fasta_wgap.ift (like fasta.ift, but does NOT remove gaps)
- fasta_wacc_wgap.ift (experimental filter; imports ARB_GENE-acc's)

## NOTES

### None