The invention discloses Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 and the application thereof. The Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 is obtained by isolating and screening from a high-temperature stack of feathers combined with edible fungus residues, the Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 is preserved at Guangdong Provincial Microorganism Culture Collection Center, with a preservation number of GDMCC No. 60284, the preservation address is 5th floor, Building 59, Compound, No. 100 Xianlie Middle Road, Guangzhou, China, and the preservation date is November 24, 2017. Experiments determine that the Bacillus licheniformisZL-1 can be cultured in a liquid culturing medium with pure feathers for three days, the keratinase activity of the Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 reaches 52.14 U / ml, and the degradation rate of feathersreaches 90.15%. Further more, the Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 has good tolerance to high temperature and salinity, can grow well at a temperature of 55 DEC G and is resistant to salinity of 14%, so that the Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 is used for degrading the feathers, preparing compound amino acid solution, conducting high-temperature compost fermentation by using the feathers as raw materialsand preparing compound amino acid fertilizers and keratinase; the Bacillus licheniformis ZL-1 has good application prospects and market value.