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Microbes are capable to dissolve phosphate. Phosphate is the second essential component after N, which has a crucial role in photosynthesis and root development. A microbe that found around root area is the Bacterium Bacillus strain. This bacterium was isolated from peppers- roots. The purified isolates were quantitatively evaluated for their capacity to dissolve phosphate using Pikovskaya liquid medium with Ca3(PO4)2 as phosphate source. Meanwhile, production of gibberellin hormone was measured using Borrow et al (1995) method. Here, we reported levels of phosphate and gibberellin produced by the bacteria ranged from 19.0 up to 58.8 µg/L and 5.81 up to 12.79 µg/L, respectively. This results indicate that the Bacillus strain isolated from peppers- roots and root area can be utilized as plant growth-promoting bacterium.