diff --git a/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/environment.yml b/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/environment.yml
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+name: bwamem2decontnobams
+
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - bioconda
+  - defaults
+
+dependencies:
+  - bwa-mem2=2.2.1
+  - htslib=1.19.1
+  - samtools=1.19.2
diff --git a/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/main.nf b/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/main.nf
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+process BWAMEM2DECONTNOBAMS {
+    tag "$meta.id"
+    label 'process_high'
+
+    conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml"
+    container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
+        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/mulled-v2-e5d375990341c5aef3c9aff74f96f66f65375ef6:2d15960ccea84e249a150b7f5d4db3a42fc2d6c3-0' :
+        'biocontainers/mulled-v2-e5d375990341c5aef3c9aff74f96f66f65375ef6:2d15960ccea84e249a150b7f5d4db3a42fc2d6c3-0' }"
+
+
+    input:
+    tuple val(meta), path(reads)
+    tuple val(meta2), path(index)
+
+    output:
+    tuple val(meta), path("*{_1,_2,_interleaved}.fq.gz"), emit: decont_reads
+    path "versions.yml",                                  emit: versions
+
+    when:
+    task.ext.when == null || task.ext.when
+
+    script:
+    def args = task.ext.args ?: ''
+    def prefix = task.ext.prefix ?: "${meta.id}"
+    """
+    INDEX=`find -L ./ -name "*.amb" | sed 's/\\.amb\$//'`
+    if [[ "${meta.single_end}" == "true" ]]; then
+        bwa-mem2 \\
+            mem \\
+            -M \\
+            -t $task.cpus \\
+            \$INDEX \\
+            $reads \\
+            | samtools view -@ ${task.cpus} -f 4 -F 256 -uS - \\
+            | samtools sort -@ ${task.cpus} -n -O bam - \\
+            | samtools bam2fq -@ $task.cpus - | gzip --no-name > ${prefix}_interleaved.fq.gz
+    else
+        bwa-mem2 \\
+            mem \\
+            -M \\
+            -t $task.cpus \\
+            \$INDEX \\
+            $reads \\
+            | samtools view -@ ${task.cpus} -f 4 -F 256 -uS - \\
+            | samtools sort -@ ${task.cpus} -n -O bam - \\
+            | samtools bam2fq -@ ${task.cpus} -1 ${prefix}_1.fq.gz -2 ${prefix}_2.fq.gz -0 /dev/null -s /dev/null
+    fi
+
+    cat <<-END_VERSIONS > versions.yml
+    "${task.process}":
+        bwa-mem2: \$(bwa-mem2 version 2> /dev/null)
+        samtools: \$(echo \$(samtools --version 2>&1) | sed 's/^.*samtools //; s/Using.*\$//')
+    END_VERSIONS
+    """
+}
diff --git a/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/meta.yml b/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/meta.yml
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+++ b/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/meta.yml
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+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/modules/meta-schema.json
+name: "bwamem2decontnobams"
+description: Decontamination module using bwamem2 and samtools that generates fastq files on the fly
+keywords:
+  - alignment
+  - decontamination
+  - fastq
+tools:
+  - bwamem2:
+      description: "Mapping DNA sequences against a large reference genome"
+      tool_dev_url: "https://github.com/bwa-mem2/bwa-mem2"
+  - samtools:
+      description: "Tools for dealing with SAM, BAM and CRAM files"
+      documentation: "http://www.htslib.org/doc/1.1/samtools.html"
+
+input:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`
+  - reads:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2
+        for single-end and paired-end data, respectively
+  - meta2:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing reference genome information
+        e.g. [ id:'ref_name' ]
+  - index:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        A list of BWA index files
+
+output:
+  - meta:
+      type: map
+      description: |
+        Groovy Map containing sample information
+        e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`
+  - versions:
+      type: file
+      description: File containing software versions
+      pattern: "versions.yml"
+  - decont_reads:
+      type: file
+      description: |
+        List of fastq files. Two files for paired-end reads and one file for single-end reads
+
+authors:
+  - "@EBI-metagenomics"
+maintainers:
+  - "@EBI-metagenomics"
diff --git a/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/tests/main.nf.test b/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/tests/main.nf.test
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+nextflow_workflow {
+
+    name "Test module bwamem2decontnobams"
+    script "../main.nf"
+    workflow "BWAMEM2DECONTNOBAMS"
+
+    tag "modules"
+    tag "modules_nfcore"
+    tag "bwamem2decontnobams"
+
+    test("Illumina paired_end decontamination with MGYG000317500") {
+        when {
+            workflow {
+                """
+                // Define inputs of the workflow:
+                input[0] = Channel.of([
+                    [ id: "test", single_end: false ],
+                    [
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/test_R1.fastq.gz", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/test_R2.fastq.gz", checkIfExists: true)
+                    ]
+                ])
+                input[1] = Channel.of([
+                    [ id: "MGYG000317500" ],
+                    [
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.0123", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.amb", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.ann", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.bwt.2bit.64", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.pac", checkIfExists: true)
+                    ]
+                ])
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success },
+                // gzip stores extra information in the header, which makes comparing checksums impossible between operating systems.
+                // that is why we use the sizes of files, and that sort of thing
+                { assert path(workflow.out.decont_reads.get(0).get(1).get(0)).linesGzip.size() == 374028 },
+                { assert path(workflow.out.decont_reads.get(0).get(1).get(1)).linesGzip.size() == 374028 }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    test("Illumina single_end decontamination with MGYG000317500") {
+        when {
+            workflow {
+                """
+                // Define inputs of the workflow:
+                input[0] = Channel.of([
+                    [ id: "test", single_end: true ],
+                    [
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/test_R1.fastq.gz", checkIfExists: true)
+                    ]
+                ])
+
+                input[1] = Channel.of([
+                    [ id: "MGYG000317500" ],
+                    [
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.0123", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.amb", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.ann", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.bwt.2bit.64", checkIfExists: true),
+                        file("${baseDir}/subworkflows/ebi-metagenomics/reads_bwamem2_decontamination/tests/data/MGYG000317500.fna.pac", checkIfExists: true)
+                    ]
+                ])
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success },
+                { assert path(workflow.out.decont_reads.get(0).get(1)).linesGzip.size() == 378312 }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/tests/tags.yml b/modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/tests/tags.yml
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+bwamem2decontnobams:
+  - modules/ebi-metagenomics/bwamem2decontnobams/**