<p>proGenomes includes a collection of genomes that are representative of different types - <a href="https://progenomes.embl.de/download.cgi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://progenomes.embl.de/download.cgi</a></p>
<p>Or Genome Updater could be used to filter on unique taxonomy IDs and genome completeness etc.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/pirovc/genome_updater" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/pirovc/genome_updater</a></p>

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2023-01-27T07:37:36.807Z
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flashton
<p>Does any one have a condensed NCBI reference seq database with all the gbff files, which covers mostly all the bacteria and archaea. The current NCBI ReqSeq contains more than 30,000 gbff files. I am looking for a much more curated refseq with less than 30K files in it.</p>

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2023-01-27T19:00:44.673Z
Please add more context to this question to explain why you need a reduced refseq dataset. There are lots of different reasons for this, and those reasons will change how the reduction is carried out.
gringer
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Is there a smaller representative version of refseq with fewer than 30K files in it?
# Is there a smaller representative version of refseq with fewer than 30K files in it?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-27)

Does any one have a condensed NCBI reference seq database with all the gbff files, which covers mostly all the bacteria and archaea. The current NCBI ReqSeq contains more than 30,000 gbff files. I am looking for a much more curated refseq with less than 30K files in it.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Please add more context to this question to explain why you need a reduced refseq dataset. There are lots of different reasons for this, and those reasons will change how the reduction is carried out.  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2023-01-27. Score: 1

proGenomes includes a collection of genomes that are representative of different types - <https://progenomes.embl.de/download.cgi>

Or Genome Updater could be used to filter on unique taxonomy IDs and genome completeness etc.

<https://github.com/pirovc/genome_updater>


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