Abstract:[Background] Halophilic microorganisms with unique physiological and metabolic characteristics for living in hypersaline environment have high application and research value in the fields of environmental pollution control, enzyme preparation and are one type of important microbial resources from extreme environment. [Objective] To uncover species diversity of cultivable moderate halophilic microorganisms in rock salt in China, to develop and utilize halophilic microbial resources and to accumulate strains of halophilic microorganisms, this research was conducted. [Methods] Moderate halophilic bacteria were isolated from brine and salt soil by using alkaline oligotrophic medium (AOM), neutral haloarchaeal medium (NHM), diluted modified marine agar (dmMA) and ISP3 medium (ISP3) under 5% and 10% salinity separately. Bacteria 16S rRNA gene amplification and sequencing were carried out by using bacterial common primers 27F and 1492R. EzBioCloud and Blast in NCBI web were used for the bacterial taxonomy and phylogenetic tree was constructed by Mega 5.0. [Results] In all, 78 strains were isolated from brine and salt soil in rock salt in Yexian county, Henan province. The results of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that they ranged three phylum in seven genus including: 26 strains in genus of Bacillus, 30 strains in Halobacillus, 10 strains in Oceanobacillus and one strain of Staphylococcus in phylum Firmicutes; 3 strains in Sphingomonas and 5 strains in Halomonas in the phylum Proteobacteria; 3 strains in Brevibacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria. The genus of Halobacillus and Bacillus had higher abundance in the rock salt from Yexian county, Henan province. At the most, five genus bacteria were isolated by using AOM medium and only by using AOM, Sphingomonas and Brevibacterium were isolated. In addition, Oceanobacillus were isolated from brine by using ISP3. By using the four media, Halobacillus and Bacillus were isolated. Bacillus, Halobacillus, Oceanobacillus, Sphingomonas and Staphylococcus were from brine, and Bacillus, Brevibacterium, Halomonas were from salt soil. Third, under the 5% and 10% salinity, Bacillus, Brevibacterium, Halobacillus and Sphingomonas were isolated and only under 10% salinity, Halomonas and Oceanobacillus were isolated, only one strain Staphylococcus was isolated under 5% salinity. [Conclusion] The community structure and diversity of rock salt in Yexian county, Henan province were uncovered and Halobacillu and Bacillus had higher abundance in the culturable Moderate Halophilic Bacteria genus. This research has provided rich Moderate Halophilic Bacteria resources for developing rock salt bacteria.