ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Effect of Phytase Enzyme Extracted
from Bacillus subtilis Bacteria on Water
Bioremediation and Immune Parameters
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Research Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology Microbiology and Health (LR17ES06), Faculty of Sciences,
Sfax University, BP 1171, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
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Department of Biology, College of science, University of Tikrit, Salahuddin, Iraq
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Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary medicine, University of Tikrit, Tikrit, Iraq
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Laboratory of Biopesticides, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax-University of Sfax, P.O. Box 1177 Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Tikrit, Tikrit, Iraq
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Faculty of Sciences of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Campus Universitaire Sidi Ahmed Zarrouk, 2112 Gafsa, Tunisia
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Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Functional Genomics LR24ES12 Higher Institute of Biotechnology
of Biotechnology Sfax/University of Sfax, BP “1175” 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
Submission date: 2024-12-08
Final revision date: 2025-01-22
Acceptance date: 2025-02-22
Online publication date: 2025-04-18
Corresponding author
Ameny Ferhat
Laboratory of Biopesticides - Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax- University of Sfax, Sfax, Centre de Biotechnologie de fax B.P 1177 Sfax 3018, Tunisia
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ABSTRACT
Industrial emissions cause significant ecological damage, making wastewater treatment essential
for resource efficiency and environmental protection. Phytases, microbial enzymes that hydrolyze
phytate, demonstrate considerable biotechnological promise by degrading phytic acid, an antinutritional
compound in plant foods. Our findings demonstrate that these enzymes are effective across
a broad temperature range (20-50ºC), with peak activity at 30ºC (0.83 unit/ml) and maintain stability
(20-60ºC) for one hour, retaining over 50% of their activity. They are active across a wide pH range
(4-8), with optimal activity at pH 6 (0.81 unit/ml) and pH 5 (0.79 unit/ml), and are stable at pH 5
and 6 for one hour at 37ºC. Among metal ions, only MgSO4 enhanced phytase activity (117.36% residual
activity), while CuSO4 and ZnCl2 were the most inhibitory. Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis), producing
phytase, was isolated, characterized, and used for wastewater remediation from the Samarra Drugs
Factory and Baiji Refinery, resulting in significant reductions in Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
and (64.9% and 56.4%) and Chemical Oxygen Demand COD (59.6% and 53%), as well as decreased
nitrate and metal levels. Phytase administration to rats in varying doses (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 units) every
three days for 15 days caused a dose-dependent decrease in white blood cell counts, thereby improving
water quality and enhancing immune function.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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