Table 2 Different Bacillus sp. in biodegradation and bioremediation studies of environmental pollutants

B. subtilis ETL-221

Azo dye decolourisation

(crystal violet)

pH 8.0, 40 ° C

Shah et al. (2013a, b, c)

Bacillus sp. VUS

Brilliant blue G

pH 9.0, 50 ° C

Jadhav et al. (2008)

Bacillus sp.

Razomol balck B

Shah et al. (2013a, b, c)

Bacillus sp.

Brown 3 REL

Dawkar et al. (2008)

Bacillus fusiformis

Disperse Blue 79 and

Acid Orange 10

Kolekar et al. (2008)

Bacillus cereus

Cibacron black PSG and Cibacron red P4B

Ola et al. (2010)

B. stearothermophilus

Phenol

Gurujeyalakshmi and Oriel (1989)

Bacillus sp., Bacillus brevis

Phenol

Arutchelvan et al. (2006)

Bacillus sp.

polycyclic aromatic

hydrocarbons (PAH)

pH 7.0, 60-70 ° C

Feitkenhauer et al. (2003)

B. subtilis, B. cereus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus sphaericus, B. fusiformis, and B. pumilus

Diesel oil

Bento et al. (2005)

Bacillus sp.,

Hydrocarbons

Ghazali et al. (2004)

Bacillus species

Phenanthrene

Doddamani and Ninnekar (2000)

Bacillus species

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and long chain alkanes

60–70 ° C

Feitkenhauer et al. (2003)

B. subtilis, B. licheniformis, Bacillus sp,

Heavy Metals

Volesky and Holan (1995)

B. subtilis

Cadmium

Boyanov et al. (2003)

B. subtilis

Lead

Singh et al. (2012)

Bacillus licheniformis

Chromium

Zhou et al. (2007)

Bacillus sphaericus and B. thuringiensis

Cadmium

Allievi and Mariano (2011)

Bacillus marisflavi

Chromium

Mishra and Doble (2008)

Bacillus sp,

Manganese

Hasan et al. (2012)

Bacillus cereus

Arsenic

Giri et al. (2011)

Bacillus sp.

Mercury

Green-Ruiz (2006)

Bacillus subtilis

Mercury

Wang et al. (2010)

Bacillus sp,

Lead and Copper

Tunali et al. (2006)

Bacillus cereus

Arsenic

Giri et al. (2013)

Bacillus subtilis

Arsenic

Yang et al. (2012)