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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