Make pre-formatted BLAST databases available
To use databases that have been downloaded or created outside the Workbench, you can either:
- Add the location where BLAST database files are stored as a BLAST database location (see Manage BLAST databases).
OR
- Move the files that make up the BLAST database to a location already configured as a BLAST databse location. All the files that comprise a given BLAST database must be moved. This may be as few as three files, but can be more (figure 16.13).
Figure 16.13: BLAST databases are made up of several files. The exact number varies. Large databases will be split into the number of volumes and there will be several files per volume.