---
name: "fetch_genome_by_accession"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cct"
version: "1:1.0.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fetch_genome_by_accession"
---

# fetch\_genome\_by\_accession(1)

visually comparing bacterial, plasmid, chloroplast, or mitochondrial sequences

## NAME

fetch\_genome\_by\_accession - visually comparing bacterial, plasmid, chloroplast, or mitochondrial sequences

## DESCRIPTION

### USAGE:

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  fetch\_genome\_by\_accession **-a** STRING **-o** DIR

### DESCRIPTION:

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  Downloads a GenBank record using the accession number.

### REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

**-a**, **--accession** STRING

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  Accession number of the sequence to download.

**-o**, **--output** DIR

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  The output directory to download the GenBank file into.

### OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:

**-h**, **--help**

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  Show this message.

### EXAMPLE:

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  fetch\_genome\_by\_accession **-a** NC\_007719 **-o** my\_project/reference\_genome

## AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.