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+/*
+ * -------------------------------------------------
+ *  nfcore/viralrecon custom profile Nextflow config file
+ * -------------------------------------------------
+ * Defines viral reference genomes for all environments.
+ */
+ 
+params {
+  // Genome reference file paths
+  genomes {
+    'NC_045512.2' {
+      fasta = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/viralrecon/genome/NC_045512.2/NC_045512.2.fasta.gz"
+      gff   = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/viralrecon/genome/NC_045512.2/NC_045512.2.gff.gz"
+    }
+  }
+}