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Accurate species identification, reproducible assembly assessment, conservative genomic screening for antifungal-resistance markers, and interpretable phylogenomic outputs are essential for surveillance and outbreak preparedness. However, fungal whole-genome sequencing workflows remain fragmented, difficult to reproduce across computing environments, and insufficiently adapted for implementation in low-resource public health genomics settings.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n We developed rMAP-Candida, a modular, Dockerized WDL\/Cromwell workflow for paired-end\n Candida<\/jats:italic>\n spp. whole-genome sequencing analysis. The workflow performs read quality control and trimming with fastp, Candida-focused species typing using Kraken2\/Bracken,\n de novo<\/jats:italic>\n assembly with MEGAHIT, assembly-contiguity assessment with QUAST, optional genome-completeness assessment using Compleasm or BUSCO, antifungal-resistance marker screening using ChroQueTas\/FungAMR-derived outputs, species-aware core-SNP phylogenomics, pairwise SNP-distance summarization, closest-neighbor analysis, and integrated HTML surveillance reporting. To improve independent reproducibility, the repository includes a quick-start local Cromwell test, a corrected two-sample input JSON, documented checks for public container and database access, and a two-sample reproducibility run.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n rMAP-Candida generated reproducible species assignments, assembly-contiguity metrics, optional completeness summaries, antifungal-resistance marker outputs, species-aware phylogenomic summaries, pairwise SNP-distance tables, closest-neighbor summaries, and integrated HTML reports. In the Ugandan validation dataset, the workflow identified six principal species groups, dominated by\n Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n , followed by\n Candida tropicalis<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Pichia kudriavzevii<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Nakaseomyces glabratus<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Clavispora lusitaniae<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n Candida parapsilosis<\/jats:italic>\n . The integrated report summarized 24 antifungal-resistance marker hits and a median assembly N50 of 35,946 bp. Species-aware phylogenomics was performed for eligible species groups, while ineligible or skipped groups were explicitly reported with reasons. The report also distinguished \u201cno curated genomic antifungal-resistance marker detected\u201d from phenotypic susceptibility, supporting conservative interpretation of resistance-screening outputs.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n \n rMAP-Candida provides a portable, reproducible, modular, and surveillance-oriented WDL\/Cromwell workflow for\n Candida<\/jats:italic>\n spp. genomic analysis. 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