Abstract: Bacterial strains (which could tolerate 2-3 M NaCI in the growth medium) were isolated from the roots of Erigerane linifolious. They were EI-1, EI-2, El-3 (from histoplane of roots) and REII-1, REI-2, REI-3, REI-4, REI-5 (from the rhizoplane). All bacterial strains were motile rods (except El-2 which were cocci), exhibiting either Gram-negative (El-1, El-2, El-3, REI-1) or Gram-variable (REI-2, REI-3, REI-4, REI-5) staining. These strains were affiliated with genus De/ya (EI-1), Vibrio (EI-3, REI-1), while four Gram-variable strains chaired characters with Bacillus pumilus. They have wide temperature and pH ranges with different optima. These strains also exhibit multiple salts/osmolytes/heavy metals/antibiotics resistance. Curing of plasmids from four of these strains revealed that salt tolerance and most of the other resistances were plasmid encoded. Plasmids residing in these halo-tolerant strains were conjugative (except pSH1413I. Hybridization experiments revealed that one of these plasmids (pSH1414) belonged to IncN group of plasmids.