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

# fetch\_refseq\_bacterial\_genomes\_by\_name(1)

visually comparing bacterial, plasmid, chloroplast, or mitochondrial sequences

## NAME

fetch\_refseq\_bacterial\_genomes\_by\_name - visually comparing bacterial, plasmid, chloroplast, or mitochondrial sequences

## DESCRIPTION

### USAGE:

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  fetch\_refseq\_bacterial\_genomes\_by\_name **-n** STRING **-o** DIR

### DESCRIPTION:

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  Downloads a GenBank record using a partial or complete bacterial species name. The **--min** and **--max** options can be used to restrict the size of the returned sequences.

### REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

**-n**, **--name** STRING

-

  Complete or partial name of the bacterial species.

**-m**, **--min** INTEGER

-

  Records with a sequence length shorter than this value will be ignored.

**-x**, **--max** INTEGER

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  Records with a sequence length longer than this value will be ignored.

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

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  The output directory to download the GenBank file into.

### OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:

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

-

  Show this message.

### EXAMPLE:

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  fetch\_refseq\_bacterial\_genomes\_by\_name **-n** 'Escherichia\*' **-o** my\_project/comparison\_genomes

## AUTHOR

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