text: user5188: What is the difference between these two databases?
  ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/db/
   and
  ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/
  I understand that BLAST database has both nt for nucleotide and np for protein. But genbank is also for genomic database. So what is the difference between nt and Genbank databases?
  Thanks
  
  user650: I think the BLAST folder contains pre-formatted databases for BLAST whereas the GenBank folder contains sequences.
  
original_text: 5188: <p>What is the difference between these two databases?</p>
  
  <p><a href="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/db/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/db/</a>
   and
  <a href="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/</a></p>
  
  <p>I understand that BLAST database has both nt for nucleotide and np for protein. But genbank is also for genomic database. So what is the difference between nt and Genbank databases?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
   650: <p>I think the BLAST folder contains pre-formatted databases for BLAST whereas the GenBank folder contains sequences.</p>
  