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[HELP / FEATURE] is it possible to use a single fasta file containing many genomes?
The national library of medicine (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets) only allows you to download a list of genomes in a single fasta file (extension .fna), I tried to provide those files as input but it did not work. It's my fault? Have you encountered similar problems? Thank you!
Hi minu7,
More a problem of assumptions and standards, for example a fasta file representing one genome can have multiple chromosomes represented in the same file as different > delimited entries. Having multiple genomes with multiple chromosomes in one file can get messy!
It is doable, but a lot of work for a fringe case for now. May make sense for viral genomes though. Will look into it and think about the pros / cons / things that will break.
