diff --git a/python/obitools3/parsers/universal.pyx b/python/obitools3/parsers/universal.pyx
index 4366e1d..4ef828f 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/parsers/universal.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/parsers/universal.pyx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from obitools3.parsers.fastq import fastqIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.tab import tabIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.ngsfilter import ngsfilterIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.embl import emblIterator
+from obitools3.parsers.genbank import genbankIterator
 
 
 oligore = re.compile(b"^[ACGTRYSWKMBDHVN]+$",re.I)
@@ -135,6 +136,15 @@ def entryIteratorFactory(lineiterator,
                                  buffersize=buffersize),
                     Nuc_Seq,
                     format)
+
+    elif format==b'genbank':
+            return (genbankIterator(lineiterator, 
+                                    skip=skip,
+                                    only=only,
+                                    firstline=first,
+                                    buffersize=buffersize),
+                    Nuc_Seq,
+                    format)
     
     raise NotImplementedError('File format iterator not implemented yet')
 
diff --git a/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx b/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
index de8f11b..14dba86 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from obitools3.parsers.fastq import fastqIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.tab import tabIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.ngsfilter import ngsfilterIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.embl import emblIterator
+from obitools3.parsers.genbank import genbankIterator
 from obitools3.parsers.universal import entryIteratorFactory
 
 from obitools3.writers.fasta import FastaNucWriter
@@ -478,6 +479,13 @@ def open_uri(uri,
                                             only=only)
                     else:
                         raise NotImplementedError('Output sequence file format not implemented')
+                elif format==b"genbank":
+                    if input:
+                        iseq = genbankIterator(file, 
+                                               skip=skip, 
+                                               only=only)
+                    else:
+                        raise NotImplementedError('Output sequence file format not implemented')
                 else:
                     raise NotImplementedError('Sequence file format not implemented')
             elif seqtype==b"prot":