# Get sequences from OTUs

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-sequences-from-otus/22388>\
**Category:** Commands in mothur\
**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-sequences-from-otus/22388 "2025-12-05T09:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![sje062](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sje062](https://forum.mothur.org/u/sje062)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-sequences-from-otus/22388/1 "2025-12-05T09:17:43Z")

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Hi mothur forum,

I find mothur helpful and thanks for this program. My question is how to get sequences from several of the OTUs from bin.seqs. Just filter the bin.seqs output for sequences belonging to for example 50 OTUs?

Kind regards, Sigmund

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**Author:** ![pschloss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/pschloss/32/4_2.png) [@pschloss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/pschloss)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-sequences-from-otus/22388/2 "2025-12-05T14:01:35Z")

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You might try also using list.seqs to get the sequence names

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.mothur.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-sequences-from-otus/22388/3 "2025-12-15T14:01:52Z")

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