diff --git a/util/genbank.py b/util/genbank.py
index 63140ed52..3f51ee464 100644
--- a/util/genbank.py
+++ b/util/genbank.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def get_feature_table_id(featureTableFile):
                 if not (
                     (seqid.startswith('gb|') or seqid.startswith('ref|'))):
                     raise Exception("reference annotation ID does not appear to refer to a GenBank or RefSeq accession: %s" % seqid)
-                m = re.search(r"(?P<db>(?:gb|ref))\|(?:(?P<accession>[a-zA-Z0-9\.]+))+.*", seqid)
+                m = re.search(r"(?P<db>(?:gb|ref|dbj))\|(?:(?P<accession>[a-zA-Z0-9\._]+))+.*", seqid)
                 if m:
                    seqid = m.group("accession")
                 else: