Halophiles are organisms that thrive in high salt concentrations. They are a type of extremophile organisms. The name comes from the Greek word for "salt-loving". While most halophiles are classified into the Archaea domain, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryota, such as the alga Dunaliella salina or fungus Wallemia ichthyophaga Habitats like soda lakes, Thalassohaline, Athalassohaline, Dead Sea, Carbonate springs, Salt lakes, Alkaline soils and many others favors the existence of halophiles.