The archaeal diversity in Bolivian, Chardonnay, HâlenMôn,Himalayan pink, La Baleine coarse sea and Persian blue rock salts was low with isolates related to less than 3 type strains. Most interestingly, all isolates from Hâlen Môn salt belonged to genus Halobacterium. This genuswas equally important in Himalayan pink salt and La Palma Flor de Sal
where 13 isolates on MGM medium were related to Halobacterium noricense, even though the colonies were preferentially selected when they presented a different phenotype.