# Private Samples

Directly upload your locally stored 16S rRNA sequences in FASTA, AB1, or text format

### FASTA

A commonly used text-based format for representing nucleotide or protein sequences, where each sequence is preceded by a single-line description starting with a '>' symbol.

### AB1

A binary file format from Applied Biosystems DNA sequencers that stores DNA sequencing chromatogram data, including the raw signal intensity and quality scores for each base call.

### Text&#x20;

In the style of FASTA format, the text of a 16S rRNA sequence can be directly uploaded.&#x20;