) ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁rep ack aged ▁and ▁released ▁by ▁the ▁Out er cur ve ▁Foundation ▁as ▁a ▁fully ▁public ▁and ▁open ▁source ▁project ▁under ▁the ▁Apache ▁License ▁ 2 . 0 . ▁ ▁Cap abilities ▁ ▁The ▁library ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁object - orient ed ▁classes ▁written ▁in ▁C # ▁to ▁perform ▁common ▁bio in form atic ▁tasks ▁such ▁as : ▁▁ ▁Read ▁and ▁write ▁standard ▁alignment ▁and ▁sequence - orient ed ▁data ▁files ▁such ▁as ▁FA ST A ▁and ▁Gen B ank . ▁ ▁Access ▁online ▁web ▁services ▁such ▁as ▁NC BI ▁B LA ST ▁to ▁search ▁known ▁databases ▁for ▁sequence ▁fragments . ▁ ▁Alg orithms ▁for ▁local ▁and ▁global ▁align ments . ▁ ▁Alg orithms ▁for ▁sequence ▁assembly , ▁including ▁a ▁parallel ▁De N ovo ▁assemb ler ▁implementation . ▁ ▁Even ▁though ▁the ▁library ▁itself ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁C #, ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁used ▁from ▁any ▁. NET ▁compatible ▁language ▁and ▁has ▁samples ▁of ▁various ▁us ages ▁including ▁from ▁Iron Python ▁script ing . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Gen ome ▁Comp iler ▁▁ ▁Open ▁Bio in format ics ▁Foundation ▁ ▁Bio Java , ▁Bio Per l , ▁Bio Python , ▁Bio R uby ▁ ▁Bi oc lipse ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁. NET ▁Bio ▁Website ▁ ▁Original ▁MB F ▁Website ▁ ▁Microsoft ▁Bi ology ▁In iti ative ▁ ▁Category : . NET ▁Framework ▁Category : B io in format ics ▁software ▁Category : Free ▁and ▁open - source ▁software ▁Category : Microsoft ▁free ▁software ▁Category :