We’ve made some enhancements to the BLAST+ applications that allow you to:
- Limit your search by taxonomy
- Improved performance when limiting BLAST search with accessions
The release notes provide more information, like:
- How to access the 2.8.0 executables and the version 5 databases
- Examples of the new features
- How to run faster searches
Note: This is a preliminary release of these new features. These features are available in stand-alone BLAST, not the BLAST web interface.
Check out our awesome user manual and FAQ
Feedback is welcome!
Now, if you're a Mac user, use this file to install (Checksum for the cautious is here).
But if you love all things Linux, try this one (checksum).
Finally, open-source-OSers take heart! We've got you covered here (checksum).
Or, browse the whole list of release files here.
You can find static copies of the popular nr
and nt
BLAST databases here
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