Heatmap
Microbiome Abundance Heatmap
Bacterial species abundance with sample clustering
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
np.random.seed(42)
# Simulated microbiome data
species = ['Bacteroides', 'Prevotella', 'Faecalibact.', 'Roseburia',
'Bifidobact.', 'Lactobacillus', 'Akkermansia', 'Ruminococcus',
'Blautia', 'Clostridium', 'Streptococcus', 'Escherichia']
samples = [f'S{i:02d}' for i in range(1, 17)]
# Create abundance data with enterotype-like structure
data = np.random.exponential(1, (len(species), len(samples)))
data[0, :5] *= 3
data[1, 5:10] *= 3
data[4:6, 10:] *= 2
df = pd.DataFrame(np.log10(data + 0.01), index=species, columns=samples)
# NEON colormap
neon_cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('neon', ['#0a0a0f', '#4927F5', '#27D3F5', '#6CF527', '#F5B027'])
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 7), facecolor='#0a0a0f')
ax.set_facecolor('#0a0a0f')
# Create heatmap
sns.heatmap(df, cmap=neon_cmap, linewidths=0.5, linecolor='#1a1a2e',
cbar_kws={'shrink': 0.6, 'label': 'Log₁₀ Abundance'},
ax=ax)
# Style
ax.set_title('Gut Microbiome Composition', color='white', fontsize=14, fontweight='bold', pad=15)
ax.set_xlabel('Samples', color='white', fontsize=11)
ax.set_ylabel('Bacterial Species', color='white', fontsize=11)
# Tick styling
ax.tick_params(colors='white', labelsize=9)
ax.set_xticklabels(ax.get_xticklabels(), rotation=45, ha='right')
ax.set_yticklabels(ax.get_yticklabels(), rotation=0)
# Colorbar styling
cbar = ax.collections[0].colorbar
cbar.ax.yaxis.set_tick_params(color='white')
cbar.ax.yaxis.label.set_color('white')
plt.setp(cbar.ax.yaxis.get_ticklabels(), color='white', fontsize=9)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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