Metagenomics - mothur

Question

[twesigomwedavid]

Hello,

When I try running heatmap.bin for mothur, I get a data file headed by "svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" rather than getting a visual impression. Please help. Thanks

[WouterDeCoster]

Please use logical tags, as such experts can easily find your question and help you. In this case "mothur" really should have been a tag.

[twesigomwedavid]

Finally seeing some visuals. Thanks a lot y'all

[finswimmer]

Hello twesigomwedavid,

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Answer 1

[WouterDeCoster]

That "data file" is an svg file which is an image.

[twesigomwedavid]

Thank you. Okay, but I do not see the image...I only see writing. Do I need another program to turn the data into a graphical image?

[WouterDeCoster]

I don't know how you are trying to open the file now, and I don't know your operating system. But if you are on a linux system you can open the image using eog.

eog myimage.svg

[twesigomwedavid]

Thanks WouterDeCoster

[Devon Ryan]

Open it in your web browser if you're not on Linux.

[twesigomwedavid]

Thanks Ryan. How can I ensure that genus appears against the OTU labels on the heatmap?

[Ram]

Please open a new question for this, as this question deviates from the top level question sufficiently to warrant its own thread.