FASTA is a text-file format for representing nucleotide sequences or peptide (amino acids) sequences.
A FASTA file begins with a description line which starts with ">" and includes the sequence identifier and a description. The following lines contain the sequence data.
A multi-FASTA file contains multiple FASTA formated sequences.
Example:
>sequenceID-001 description
AAGTAGGAATAATATCTTATCATTATAGATAAAAACCTTCTGAATTTGCTTAGTGTGTAT
ACGACTAGACATATATCAGCTCGCCGATTATTTGGATTATTCCCTG
>sequenceID-002 description
CAGTAAAGAGTGGATGTAAGAACCGTCCGATCTACCAGATGTGATAGAGGTTGCCAGTAC
AAAAATTGCATAATAATTGATTAATCCTTTAATATTGTTTAGAATATATCCGTCAGATAA
TCCTAAAAATAACGATATGATGGCGGAAATCGTC
>sequenceID-003 description
CTTCAATTACCCTGCTGACGCGAGATACCTTATGCATCGAAGGTAAAGCGATGAATTTAT
CCAAGGTTTTAATTTG