Hi all, Anyone have any luck downloading the new NCBI nt database ```core_nt```? I had the latest nt databse before and I seriously messed up …

The new more compact and more efficient BLAST core_nt database is now available for [download][1] and for searching with standalone BLAST. At 64 volumes, core_nt …

NCBI now offers the core nucleotide database (core_nt), an alternative to the default nt database that contains better-defined content and is less than half the …

https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/07/18/new-blast-core-nucleotide-database/?utm_source=blast-announce We may see a post here from NCBI spokesperson. Until that happens wanted to bring this major change to people's attention. Following text is …

In April 2024, the FASTA files of the sequences in the BLAST databases will no longer be available on the FTP site. You can generate …

ElasticBLAST v1.2.0 for large numbers of queries on the cloud is now available. This version upgrades to BLAST+ 2.15.0, which has improved performance for taxonomy …

BLAST+ 2.2.15 is now available. The new release can run multithreaded searches faster and can focus your searches by organism groups more easily. **Automatic threading …

The experimental NCBI ClusteredNR database that has been [available on the website][1] is now available for [download][2]. The package includes the #NCBIBLAST database, an SQLite3 …

ElasticBLAST v1.1.0 for large numbers of queries on the cloud is now available. The latest release offers faster searches, improved CPU limit check on AWS, …

ClusteredNR, the new protein database that provides results with a better overview of protein homologs in a wider range of organisms, is now available for …