# How to retrieve a whole genome assembly data from NCBI to galaxy europe?

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-whole-genome-assembly-data-from-ncbi-to-galaxy-europe/17320>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.eu support\
**Tags:** troubleshooting\
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-whole-genome-assembly-data-from-ncbi-to-galaxy-europe/17320 "2026-01-19T08:38:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![abhi\_g](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/abhi_g/32/6647_2.png) [@abhi\_g](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/abhi_g)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-whole-genome-assembly-data-from-ncbi-to-galaxy-europe/17320/1 "2026-01-19T08:38:18Z")

</div>

I have previously used the NCBI accession download tool and NCBI Datasets Genomes as well as Faster Download and Extract Reads in FASTQ. But I am not able to retrieve it from the NCBI database.  
Accession number: **GCA\_000863945.2**.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wm75](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/wm75/32/56_2.png) [@wm75](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/wm75)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-whole-genome-assembly-data-from-ncbi-to-galaxy-europe/17320/2 "2026-01-19T13:17:22Z")

</div>

Seeing your follow-up post on bwa and igv, I assume you’ve solved this problem here?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![abhi\_g](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/abhi_g/32/6647_2.png) [@abhi\_g](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/abhi_g)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-whole-genome-assembly-data-from-ncbi-to-galaxy-europe/17320/3 "2026-01-19T15:09:53Z")

</div>

No, I manually downloaded the genomic assembly from NCBI and uploaded it. Is it possible to retrieve the data directly from NCBI to Galaxy Europe using a retrieving tool?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![wm75](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/wm75/32/56_2.png) [@wm75](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/wm75)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-retrieve-a-whole-genome-assembly-data-from-ncbi-to-galaxy-europe/17320/4 "2026-01-19T15:23:09Z")

</div>

The simplest solution is to go to the `ftp` tab at [Human papillomavirus 16 genome assembly ViralProj15505 - NCBI - NLM](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_000863945.2/), then right-click the file you want and copy the link to it.

In the upload dialogue in Galaxy you then go to `Paste/Fetch data` and paste the copied link into the text area. Press start and your upload should start running.

If your browser has issues displaying the NCBI FTP site, you can use the [NCBI Datasets Genomes](https://usegalaxy.eu/root?tool_id=toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/repos/iuc/ncbi_datasets/datasets_download_genome/18.14.0+galaxy0) tool. I just tried with your data and it’s working for me.