NAME

       arb - phylogenetic sequence analysis suite

SYNOPSIS

       arb DATABASE
       arb DATABASE DATABASE
       arb --import PATTERN
       arb shell

DESCRIPTION

       ARB  is  a  graphically  oriented  software  suite  for phylogenetic analysis of sequence data. It allows
       managing large sets of sequence data, associated descriptions as  well  as  alignments  and  phylogenetic
       trees.

       Launching  ARB  without arguments will open a file chooser. Launching ARB with one DATABASE argument will
       open the specified file or, if  DATABASE  is  a  directory  or  a  pattern,  a  file  chooser  with  that
       directory/pattern  selected. Launching ARB with two DATABASE arguments will open the database merge tool.
       The "--import" option will show the import dialog and create a new database from the file(s) described by
       PATTERN.

       Running  "arb  shell"  will  open another shell with all ARB environment variables set. This is useful to
       e.g. run ARB Perl scripts or tools part of the arb package such as arb_pt_server or arb_probe.

       For more information, visit the project website at http://www.arb-home.de

SEE ALSO

            arb_clean(1), arb-kill(1), arb_ntree(1)

AUTHOR

       A large number of authors contributed to ARB, including: Ralf Westram, Oliver  Strunk,  Wolfgang  Ludwig,
       Harald  Meier,  Yadhukumar,  Kai  Bader, Elmar Pruesse, C. Hodges, J. Boehnel, L. Richter, T. Ginhard, S.
       Gerbers, J. Huber and R. Jost.