The gene frequency of Haloarcula accounts for 53.9% of the archaeal population in Maras salt and Halonotius is the majority genus in Palm Island black salt with a gene frequency of 53.1%. In Lac Rose salt, the archaeal diversity is dominated by three genera: Haloarcula (23.4%), Halorubrum (19.5%) and Natronomonas (16.9%)
whereas in Dead Sea salt, 79.4% of the population is made up by 4 genera: Halorubrum (26.5%), Halomicrobium (23.2%), Halorhabdus (18.1%) and Halobacterium (11.5%).