| Qualifier | focus |
| Definition | identifies the source feature of primary biological interest for records that have multiple source features originating from different organisms and that are not transgenic. |
| Value Format | none |
| Example | /focus |
| Comment | the source feature carrying the /focus qualifier identifies the main organism of the entry, this determines: a) the name displayed in the organism lines, b) if no translation table is specified, the translation table, c) the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank taxonomic division in which the entry will appear; only one source feature with /focus is allowed in an entry; the /focus and /transgenic qualifiers are mutually exclusive in an entry. |