Recently, plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria (PGPEB)
has been found which colonizes plant roots and enhances plant
growth by a wide variety of mechanism like phosphate
solubilization etc. The use of PGP Rhizobacteria is steadily
increased in agriculture and offers an attractive way to replace
chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and supplements. Bacteria
belonging to the genus Bacillus are common rhizospheric
microorganisms. These are isolated from various soil samples of
various crop plants such as French bean, wheat, soybean, maize,
red pepper, rice and lettuce [16]. The previous results support the
potential of using Bacillus subtilis as biological control of seed
pathogens, as well as promoting crop growth [17]. Endophytic
mode of B. subtilis has been reported recently. It was isolated from
the seeds of cacao plant and found greatly contributing to the
developmental stages of the cacao plants. Besides this, it has also
shown antimicrobial properties