diff --git a/tasks/task_pe_pub_repo_submission.wdl b/tasks/task_pe_pub_repo_submission.wdl
index ab19074c..ef5e4b5c 100644
--- a/tasks/task_pe_pub_repo_submission.wdl
+++ b/tasks/task_pe_pub_repo_submission.wdl
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ task genbank {
 
     echo Sequence_ID,Country,Host,Isolate,Collection Date, BioProject Accession > ~{submission_id}.genbankMeta.csv
 
-    echo "\"~{submission_id}\",\"~{iso_country}\",\"~{iso_host}\",\"${isolate}\",\"~{collection_date}\",\"~{BioProject}\"" >> ~{submission_id}.genbankMeta.csv
+    echo "\"~{submission_id}\",\"~{iso_country}\",\"~{iso_host}\",\"~{submission_id}\",\"~{collection_date}\",\"~{BioProject}\"" >> ~{submission_id}.genbankMeta.csv
 
   >>>
 
diff --git a/tasks/task_se_pub_repo_submission.wdl b/tasks/task_se_pub_repo_submission.wdl
index bb98f6c8..c584e1a0 100644
--- a/tasks/task_se_pub_repo_submission.wdl
+++ b/tasks/task_se_pub_repo_submission.wdl
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ task genbank {
 
     echo Sequence_ID,Country,Host,Isolate,Collection Date, BioProject Accession > ~{submission_id}.genbankMeta.csv
 
-    echo "\"~{submission_id}\",\"~{iso_country}\",\"~{iso_host}\",\"${isolate}\",\"~{collection_date}\",\"~{BioProject}\"" >> ~{submission_id}.genbankMeta.csv
+    echo "\"~{submission_id}\",\"~{iso_country}\",\"~{iso_host}\",\"~{submission_id}\",\"~{collection_date}\",\"~{BioProject}\"" >> ~{submission_id}.genbankMeta.csv
 
   >>>