We can display the blast result in several format using different -m settings. Results displayed in -m 0 to 6 format share a general structure, which contains header, description, alignment, and search statistics sections. We will describe the general information contained in each of these sections. At the end of this section, we will briefly describe the XML and tabular formats.
Since 2.2.14, blastall uses the new BLAST engine, which concatenates multiple queries to speed up the search. Because of this, blastall does not provide the search statistics for each individual query separately. In addition, the detailed formats or BLAST results, such as in number of spaces and blank lines present in certain sections, may change without prior notice.
BLAST results displayed in XML, tabular, or ASN.1 format (-m 7 to 11) are different and will be described briefly in Section 6.2.