Perhaps the only way to put this to rest is to email NCBI help desk and ask. There is some ambiguity for sure since the description of the `nt` FASTA file counterpart says
nt.gz nucleotide database from GenBank excluding the
batch division htgs, est, gss,sts, pat divisions,
and wgs entries. Not non-redundant.
batch division htgs, est, gss,sts, pat divisions,
and wgs entries. Not non-redundant.
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