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+process FASTERQ_DUMP {
+    tag "${prefix} (${sra})"
+    label 'process_single'
+
+    container 'quay.io/biocontainers/sra-tools:3.0.8--h9f5acd7_0'
+
+    input:
+    tuple val(prefix), val(sra)
+
+    output:
+    tuple val(prefix), path("*.fastq.gz")
+
+    publishDir "${params.outdir}/${task.process}", mode: 'copy'
+
+    script:
+    """
+    fasterq-dump \\
+            --verbose \\
+            --concatenate-reads \\
+            --stdout \\
+            ${sra} \\
+        | gzip \\
+        > "${prefix}.fastq.gz"
+    """
+}