EZmito Web Server
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EZmito2 is a bioinformatic toolkit for phylogenetic data preparation, nucleotide composition analysis of mitogenomes, detection of chimeric regions produced during the assembly process and other functions.
(version 2026.3, March 2026)
Citations
If you use EZmito2 for a scientific publication, please cite the old version of the program while waiting for the new version's paper:
- Cucini C., Leo C., Iannotti N., Boschi S., Brunetti C., Pons J., Fanciulli P. P., Frati F., Carapelli A., Nardi F. (2021) EZmito: a simple and fast tool for multiple mitogenome analyses, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(3), 1101-1109. Doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1899865
If you used EZpipe, please also cite:
- Katoh, K., & Standley, D. M. (2013). MAFFT multiple sequence alignment software version 7: improvements in performance and usability. Molecular biology and evolution, 30(4), 772-780. Doi: 10.1093/molbev/mst010
- Castresana, J. (2000). Selection of conserved blocks from multiple alignments for their use in phylogenetic analysis. Molecular biology and evolution, 17(4), 540-552. Doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026334
If you used EZskew, please also cite:
- Hassanin, A., Leger, N. E. L. L. Y., & Deutsch, J. (2005). Evidence for multiple reversals of asymmetric mutational constraints during the evolution of the mitochondrial genome of Metazoa, and consequences for phylogenetic inferences. Systematic biology, 54(2), 277-298. Doi: 10.1080/10635150590947843
If you used EZcodon, please also cite:
- Lee, B. D. (2018). Python implementation of codon adaptation index. Journal of Open Source Software, 3(30), 905. Doi: 10.21105/joss.00905
If you used EZtrampo, please also cite:
- Cucini, C., Nardi, F., & Pons, J. (2026). Integrating Secondary Structure Information Enhances Phylogenetic Signal in Mitochondrial Protein Coding Genes. Systematic Biology, syag027. Doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syag027
- Katoh, K., & Standley, D. M. (2013). MAFFT multiple sequence alignment software version 7: improvements in performance and usability. Molecular biology and evolution, 30(4), 772-780. Doi: 10.1093/molbev/mst010
- Lee, B. D. (2018). Python implementation of codon adaptation index. Journal of Open Source Software, 3(30), 905. Doi: 10.21105/joss.00905
Acknowledgements
We wish to thank non-published softwares useful for EZmito2 development: