Degradative capacity of Bacillus subtilis for organic phosphorus

Sixteen bacterial isolates, which had the ability to
tolerate detergent, were isolated after 3 days from soil sample
incubated with detergent (persil). These isolates were found to
be endospore-forming rods. Three of these bacterial isolates
were found to have the ability to modify and release
phosphorus from the detergent (persil) and one of them was
identified as Bacillus subtilis.

Detergent solution (2 % persil) was incubated with
Bacillus subtilis and the amount of released phosphorus was
116.2693 ppm and the major cations contents were also
recorded, namely, potassium (0.329 mM), sodium (125.10
mM) and calcium (1.0317 mM).