Salt in stools is associated with obesity, gut halophilic microbiota and Akkermansia muciniphila depletion in humans.

High salt levels are associated with alteration of the gut microbial ecosystem and halophilic microbiota, as discovered during this study. Further studies should clarify if the gut microbiota alterations associated with high salt levels and the human halophilic microbiota could be causally related to human disease, such as obesity.