diff --git a/tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl b/tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61b3bed78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+version 1.0
+
+task kmerfinder_bacteria {
+  input {
+    File assembly
+    String samplename
+    File kmerfinder_db = "gs://theiagen-public-files-rp/terra/theiaprok-files/kmerfinder_bacteria_20230911.tar.gz"
+    String docker = "us-docker.pkg.dev/general-theiagen/biocontainers/kmerfinder:3.0.2--hdfd78af_0"
+    Int memory = 32
+    Int cpu = 4
+    Int disk_size = 100
+    String kmerfinder_args = ""
+  }
+  command <<<
+    # Decompress the kmerfinder bacterial database
+    mkdir db
+    tar -C ./db/ -xzvf ~{kmerfinder_db}  
+
+    # Run kmerfinder
+    kmerfinder.py \
+        -db ./db/bacteria/bacteria.ATG \
+        -tax ./db/bacteria/bacteria.tax \
+        -i ~{assembly} \
+        -o ~{samplename} \
+        ~{kmerfinder_args} 
+
+    # parse outputs
+    if [ ! -f ~{samplename}/results.txt ]; then
+      PF="No hit detected in database"
+      QC="No hit detected in database"
+      TC="No hit detected in database"
+    else
+      PF="$(cat ~{samplename}/results.txt | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -f 19)"
+      QC="$(cat ~{samplename}/results.txt | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -f 6)"
+      TC="$(cat ~{samplename}/results.txt | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | cut -f 7)"
+        # String is empty or just contains the header
+        if [ "$PF" == "" ] || [ "$PF" == "Species" ]; then
+          PF="No hit detected in database"
+          QC="No hit detected in database"
+          TC="No hit detected in database"
+        fi
+      mv -v ~{samplename}/results.txt ~{samplename}_kmerfinder.tsv
+    fi
+    echo $PF | tee TOP_HIT
+    echo $QC | tee QC_METRIC
+    echo $TC | tee TEMPLATE_COVERAGE
+
+    # extract database name
+    DB=$(basename ~{kmerfinder_db} | sed 's/\.tar\.gz$//')
+    echo $DB | tee DATABASE
+  >>>
+  output {
+    String kmerfinder_docker = docker
+    File? kmerfinder_results_tsv = "~{samplename}_kmerfinder.tsv"
+    String kmerfinder_top_hit = read_string("TOP_HIT")
+    String kmerfinder_query_coverage = read_string("QC_METRIC")
+    String kmerfinder_template_coverage = read_string("TEMPLATE_COVERAGE")
+    String kmerfinder_database = read_string("DATABASE")
+  }
+  runtime {
+    docker: docker
+    memory: "~{memory} GB"
+    cpu: cpu
+    disks: "local-disk ~{disk_size} SSD"
+    preemptible: 0
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/utilities/task_broad_terra_tools.wdl b/tasks/utilities/task_broad_terra_tools.wdl
index e21673a83..2ae737a5c 100644
--- a/tasks/utilities/task_broad_terra_tools.wdl
+++ b/tasks/utilities/task_broad_terra_tools.wdl
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ task export_taxon_tables {
     File? ani_output_tsv
     String? ani_top_species_match 
     String? ani_mummer_version
+    String? kmerfinder_docker
+    File? kmerfinder_results_tsv
+    String? kmerfinder_top_hit
+    String? kmerfinder_query_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_template_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_database
     File? amrfinderplus_all_report
     File? amrfinderplus_amr_report
     File? amrfinderplus_stress_report
@@ -169,7 +175,7 @@ task export_taxon_tables {
     String? lissero_serotype
     File? sistr_results
     File? sistr_allele_json
-    File? sister_allele_fasta
+    File? sistr_allele_fasta
     File? sistr_cgmlst
     String? sistr_version
     String? sistr_predicted_serotype
@@ -495,7 +501,7 @@ task export_taxon_tables {
       "lissero_serotype": "~{lissero_serotype}",
       "sistr_results": "~{sistr_results}",
       "sistr_allele_json": "~{sistr_allele_json}",
-      "sister_allele_fasta": "~{sister_allele_fasta}",
+      "sistr_allele_fasta": "~{sistr_allele_fasta}",
       "sistr_cgmlst": "~{sistr_cgmlst}",
       "sistr_version": "~{sistr_version}",
       "sistr_predicted_serotype": "~{sistr_predicted_serotype}",
@@ -589,6 +595,12 @@ task export_taxon_tables {
       "ani_output_tsv": "~{ani_output_tsv}",
       "ani_top_species_match": "~{ani_top_species_match}",
       "ani_mummer_version": "~{ani_mummer_version}",
+      "kmerfinder_docker": "~{kmerfinder_docker}",
+      "kmerfinder_results_tsv": "~{kmerfinder_results_tsv}",
+      "kmerfinder_top_hit": "~{kmerfinder_top_hit}",
+      "kmerfinder_query_coverage": "~{kmerfinder_query_coverage}",
+      "kmerfinder_template_coverage": "~{kmerfinder_template_coverage}",
+      "kmerfinder_database": "~{kmerfinder_database}",
       "resfinder_pheno_table": "~{resfinder_pheno_table}",
       "resfinder_pheno_table_species": "~{resfinder_pheno_table_species}",
       "resfinder_seqs": "~{resfinder_seqs}",
diff --git a/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.json b/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.json
index c5e3444a7..3dd186232 100644
--- a/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.json
+++ b/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.json
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@
     "theiaprok_illumina_pe.merlin_magic.cladetyper.ref_clade5_annotated" : "./tests/inputs/empty-for-test.txt",
     "theiaprok_illumina_pe.bakta.bakta_db" : "./tests/inputs/empty-for-test.txt",
     "theiaprok_illumina_pe.gambit.gambit_db_signatures" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt",
-    "theiaprok_illumina_pe.gambit.gambit_db_genomes" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt"
+    "theiaprok_illumina_pe.gambit.gambit_db_genomes" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt",
+    "theiaprok_illumina_pe.kmerfinder.kmerfinder_db" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt"
 }
diff --git a/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.json b/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.json
index 126792e6d..9e0c42ed7 100644
--- a/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.json
+++ b/tests/inputs/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.json
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
     "theiaprok_illumina_se.merlin_magic.cladetyper.ref_clade5_annotated" : "./tests/inputs/empty-for-test.txt",
     "theiaprok_illumina_se.bakta.bakta_db" : "./tests/inputs/empty-for-test.txt",
     "theiaprok_illumina_se.gambit.gambit_db_signatures" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt",
-    "theiaprok_illumina_se.gambit.gambit_db_genomes" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt"
+    "theiaprok_illumina_se.gambit.gambit_db_genomes" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt",
+    "theiaprok_illumina_se.kmerfinder.kmerfinder_db" : "./tests/inputs/completely-empty-for-test.txt"
 }
diff --git a/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.yml b/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.yml
index d88c176af..198209aa4 100644
--- a/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.yml
+++ b/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.yml
@@ -632,9 +632,9 @@
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/tasks/taxon_id/task_midas.wdl
       md5sum: 024971d1439dff7d59c0a26a824bd2c6
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/tasks/utilities/task_broad_terra_tools.wdl
-      md5sum: 7cffaf4d159b65fbcf9091dd8477500a
+      md5sum: 43ef050bde1fb8755f38e697a1794918
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.wdl
-      md5sum: ca8825e5cc5a6d910e0368fcb6992905
+      md5sum: 6dc6c393281a19e8dcbcc15964b8e08a
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/workflows/utilities/wf_merlin_magic.wdl
       md5sum: c4861a59d49b13b67706631a0e1246c4
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/workflows/utilities/wf_read_QC_trim_pe.wdl
diff --git a/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.yml b/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.yml
index a416c226f..9aebb81ba 100644
--- a/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.yml
+++ b/tests/workflows/theiaprok/test_wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.yml
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/tasks/taxon_id/task_midas.wdl
       md5sum: 024971d1439dff7d59c0a26a824bd2c6
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/tasks/utilities/task_broad_terra_tools.wdl
-      md5sum: 7cffaf4d159b65fbcf9091dd8477500a
+      md5sum: 43ef050bde1fb8755f38e697a1794918
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.wdl
-      md5sum: 627a157d962453229f619da37e03e43d
+      md5sum: 24bfd35867f4ae864364e24195bf7f6f
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/workflows/utilities/wf_merlin_magic.wdl
       md5sum: c4861a59d49b13b67706631a0e1246c4
     - path: miniwdl_run/wdl/workflows/utilities/wf_read_QC_trim_se.wdl
diff --git a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_fasta.wdl b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_fasta.wdl
index 3d47f0ef2..2c4ce9f15 100644
--- a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_fasta.wdl
+++ b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_fasta.wdl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_quast.wdl" as quast_task
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_busco.wdl" as busco_task
 import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_gambit.wdl" as gambit_task
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_mummer_ani.wdl" as ani_task
+import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl" as kmerfinder_task
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_amrfinderplus.wdl" as amrfinderplus
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_resfinder.wdl" as resfinder
 import "../../tasks/species_typing/task_ts_mlst.wdl" as ts_mlst_task
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_fasta {
     String terra_workspace="NA"
     # module options
     Boolean call_ani = false # by default do not call ANI task, but user has ability to enable this task if working with enteric pathogens or supply their own high-quality reference genome
+    Boolean call_kmerfinder = false
     Boolean call_resfinder = false
     String genome_annotation = "prokka" # options: "prokka" or "bakta"
     String? expected_taxon # allow user to provide organism (e.g. "Clostridioides_difficile") string to amrfinder. Useful when gambit does not predict the correct species
@@ -66,6 +68,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_fasta {
         samplename = samplename
     }
   }
+  if (call_kmerfinder) {
+    call kmerfinder_task.kmerfinder_bacteria as kmerfinder {
+      input:
+        assembly = assembly_fasta,
+        samplename = samplename
+    }
+  }
   call amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_nuc as amrfinderplus_task {
     input:
       assembly = assembly_fasta,
@@ -166,6 +175,12 @@ workflow theiaprok_fasta {
         ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv,
         ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match,
         ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version,
+        kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker,
+        kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv,
+        kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit,
+        kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage,
+        kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage,
+        kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database,
         amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_all_report,
         amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_amr_report,
         amrfinderplus_stress_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_stress_report,
@@ -243,7 +258,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_fasta {
         lissero_serotype = merlin_magic.lissero_serotype,
         sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results,
         sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json,
-        sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
+        sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
         sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst,
         sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version,
         sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype,
@@ -412,6 +427,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_fasta {
     File? ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv
     String? ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match
     String? ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version
+    # kmerfinder outputs
+    String? kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker
+    File? kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv
+    String? kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit
+    String? kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database
     # NCBI-AMRFinderPlus Outputs
     File amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_all_report
     File amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_amr_report
@@ -499,7 +521,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_fasta {
     # Salmonella Typing
     File? sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results
     File? sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json
-    File? sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
+    File? sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
     File? sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst
     String? sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version
     String? sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype
diff --git a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.wdl b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.wdl
index 46939b8ae..feae677c0 100644
--- a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.wdl
+++ b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_pe.wdl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_screen.wdl" as screen
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_busco.wdl" as busco_task
 import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_gambit.wdl" as gambit_task
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_mummer_ani.wdl" as ani_task
+import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl" as kmerfinder_task
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_amrfinderplus.wdl" as amrfinderplus
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_resfinder.wdl" as resfinder
 import "../../tasks/species_typing/task_ts_mlst.wdl" as ts_mlst_task
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_pe {
     Int trim_window_size = 10
     # module options
     Boolean call_ani = false # by default do not call ANI task, but user has ability to enable this task if working with enteric pathogens or supply their own high-quality reference genome
+    Boolean call_kmerfinder = false 
     Boolean call_resfinder = false
     String genome_annotation = "prokka" # options: "prokka" or "bakta"
     String? expected_taxon  # allow user to provide organism (e.g. "Clostridioides_difficile") string to amrfinder. Useful when gambit does not predict the correct species    # qc check parameters
@@ -142,6 +144,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_pe {
             samplename = samplename
         }
       }
+      if (call_kmerfinder) {
+        call kmerfinder_task.kmerfinder_bacteria as kmerfinder {
+          input:
+            assembly = shovill_pe.assembly_fasta,
+            samplename = samplename
+        }
+      }
       call amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_nuc as amrfinderplus_task {
         input:
           assembly = shovill_pe.assembly_fasta,
@@ -291,6 +300,12 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_pe {
             ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv,
             ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match,
             ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version,
+            kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker,
+            kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv,
+            kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit,
+            kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage,
+            kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage,
+            kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database,
             amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_all_report,
             amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_amr_report,
             amrfinderplus_stress_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_stress_report,
@@ -368,7 +383,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_pe {
             lissero_serotype = merlin_magic.lissero_serotype,
             sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results,
             sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json,
-            sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
+            sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
             sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst,
             sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version,
             sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype,
@@ -606,6 +621,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_pe {
     File? ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv
     String? ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match
     String? ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version
+    # kmerfinder outputs
+    String? kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker
+    File? kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv
+    String? kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit
+    String? kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database
     # NCBI-AMRFinderPlus Outputs
     File? amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_all_report
     File? amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_amr_report
@@ -721,7 +743,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_pe {
     # Salmonella Typing
     File? sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results
     File? sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json
-    File? sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
+    File? sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
     File? sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst
     String? sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version
     String? sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype
diff --git a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.wdl b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.wdl
index 75cea72c9..8a269be90 100644
--- a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.wdl
+++ b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_illumina_se.wdl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_screen.wdl" as screen
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_busco.wdl" as busco_task
 import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_gambit.wdl" as gambit_task
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_mummer_ani.wdl" as ani_task
+import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl" as kmerfinder_task
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_amrfinderplus.wdl" as amrfinderplus
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_resfinder.wdl" as resfinder
 import "../../tasks/species_typing/task_ts_mlst.wdl" as ts_mlst_task
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_se {
     Int trim_window_size = 4
     # module options
     Boolean call_ani = false # by default do not call ANI task, but user has ability to enable this task if working with enteric pathogens or supply their own high-quality reference genome
+    Boolean call_kmerfinder = false 
     Boolean call_resfinder = false
     String genome_annotation = "prokka" # options: "prokka" or "bakta"
     String? expected_taxon # allow user to provide organism (e.g. "Clostridioides_difficile") string to amrfinder. Useful when gambit does not predict the correct species
@@ -135,6 +137,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_se {
             samplename = samplename
         }
       }
+      if (call_kmerfinder) {
+        call kmerfinder_task.kmerfinder_bacteria as kmerfinder {
+          input:
+            assembly = shovill_se.assembly_fasta,
+            samplename = samplename
+        }
+      }
       call amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_nuc as amrfinderplus_task {
         input:
           assembly = shovill_se.assembly_fasta,
@@ -264,6 +273,12 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_se {
             ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv,
             ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match,
             ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version,
+            kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker,
+            kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv,
+            kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit,
+            kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage,
+            kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage,
+            kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database,
             amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_all_report,
             amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_amr_report,
             amrfinderplus_stress_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_stress_report,
@@ -341,7 +356,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_se {
             lissero_serotype = merlin_magic.lissero_serotype,
             sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results,
             sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json,
-            sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
+            sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
             sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst,
             sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version,
             sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype,
@@ -558,6 +573,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_se {
     File? ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv
     String? ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match
     String? ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version
+    # kmerfinder outputs
+    String? kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker
+    File? kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv
+    String? kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit
+    String? kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database
     # NCBI-AMRFinderPlus Outputs
     File? amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_all_report
     File? amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_amr_report
@@ -673,7 +695,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_illumina_se {
     # Salmonella Typing
     File? sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results
     File? sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json
-    File? sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
+    File? sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
     File? sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst
     String? sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version
     String? sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype
diff --git a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_ont.wdl b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_ont.wdl
index 80bac5920..5254f8640 100644
--- a/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_ont.wdl
+++ b/workflows/theiaprok/wf_theiaprok_ont.wdl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_screen.wdl" as screen_task
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_busco.wdl" as busco_task
 import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_gambit.wdl" as gambit_task
 import "../../tasks/quality_control/task_mummer_ani.wdl" as ani_task
+import "../../tasks/taxon_id/task_kmerfinder.wdl" as kmerfinder_task
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_amrfinderplus.wdl" as amrfinderplus_task
 import "../../tasks/gene_typing/task_resfinder.wdl" as resfinder_task
 import "../../tasks/species_typing/task_ts_mlst.wdl" as ts_mlst_task
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_ont {
     Int min_coverage = 5 # reduced from 10 because some institutions sequence at lower depth because of longer read length
     # module options
     Boolean call_ani = false # by default do not call ANI task, but user has ability to enable this task if working with enteric pathogens or supply their own high-quality reference genome
+    Boolean call_kmerfinder = false
     Boolean call_resfinder = false
     String genome_annotation = "prokka" # options: "prokka" or "bakta"
     String? expected_taxon # allow user to provide organism (e.g. "Clostridioides_difficile") string to amrfinder. Useful when gambit does not predict the correct species
@@ -131,6 +133,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_ont {
             samplename = samplename
         }
       }
+      if (call_kmerfinder) {
+        call kmerfinder_task.kmerfinder_bacteria as kmerfinder {
+          input:
+            assembly = dragonflye.assembly_fasta,
+            samplename = samplename
+        }
+      }
       call amrfinderplus_task.amrfinderplus_nuc as amrfinderplus {
         input:
           assembly = dragonflye.assembly_fasta,
@@ -262,6 +271,12 @@ workflow theiaprok_ont {
             ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv,
             ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match,
             ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version,
+            kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker,
+            kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv,
+            kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit,
+            kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage,
+            kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage,
+            kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database,
             amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_all_report,
             amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_amr_report,
             amrfinderplus_stress_report = amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_stress_report,
@@ -329,7 +344,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_ont {
             lissero_serotype = merlin_magic.lissero_serotype,
             sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results,
             sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json,
-            sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
+            sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta,
             sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst,
             sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version,
             sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype,
@@ -532,6 +547,13 @@ workflow theiaprok_ont {
     File? ani_output_tsv = ani.ani_output_tsv
     String? ani_top_species_match = ani.ani_top_species_match
     String? ani_mummer_version = ani.ani_mummer_version
+    # kmerfinder outputs
+    String? kmerfinder_docker = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_docker
+    File? kmerfinder_results_tsv = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_results_tsv
+    String? kmerfinder_top_hit = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_top_hit
+    String? kmerfinder_query_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_query_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_template_coverage = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_template_coverage
+    String? kmerfinder_database = kmerfinder.kmerfinder_database
     # NCBI-AMRFinderPlus Outputs
     File? amrfinderplus_all_report = amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_all_report
     File? amrfinderplus_amr_report = amrfinderplus.amrfinderplus_amr_report
@@ -635,7 +657,7 @@ workflow theiaprok_ont {
     # Salmonella Typing
     File? sistr_results = merlin_magic.sistr_results
     File? sistr_allele_json = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_json
-    File? sister_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
+    File? sistr_allele_fasta = merlin_magic.sistr_allele_fasta
     File? sistr_cgmlst = merlin_magic.sistr_cgmlst
     String? sistr_version = merlin_magic.sistr_version
     String? sistr_predicted_serotype = merlin_magic.sistr_predicted_serotype