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title: "What types of sequencing files are compatible with CUTANA™ Cloud?"
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# What types of sequencing files are compatible with CUTANA™ Cloud?

CUTANATM Cloud supports paired-end sequencing files in fastq.gz or unzipped fastq format. Paired-end sequencing improves data fidelity over single-end sequencing, enabling high-quality alignment in repetitive DNA regions and generating long contigs for *de novo* sequencing by bridging gaps in the consensus sequence. CUTANATM Cloud currently only supports paired-end sequencing.