from Bio import SeqIO records = SeqIO.parse("THIS_IS_YOUR_INPUT_FILE.fastq", "fastq") count = SeqIO.write(records, "THIS_IS_YOUR_OUTPUT_FILE.fasta", "fasta") print("Converted %i records" % count) Or you can use this site as online fastq to fasta converter by selecting your format...
fastq-illuminaFASTQ files are a bit like FASTA files but also include sequencing qualities. In Biopython, 'fastq' refers to Sanger style FASTQ files which encode PHRED qualities using an ASCII offset of 33. See also the incompatible 'fastq-solexa' and 'fastq-illumina' variants. ...