pedococcus bigeumensis pedococcus bigeumensis pedococcus bigeumensis is a species of gram positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile, non-endosporeforming bacterium. the species was initially isolated from soil on bigeum island, south korea. the species was first described in 2013, and its name refers to the island from which it was first isolated. pedococcus bigeumensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: intrasporangiaceae genus: pedococcus species: p. bigeumensis binomial name pedococcus bigeumensis(dastager et al. 2008) nouioui et al. 2018 synonyms phycicoccus bigeumensis dastager et al 2008 the optimum growth temperature for p. bigeumensis is 28 °c and can grow in the 20-37 °c range. the optimum ph is 7.4, and can grow in ph 7.0-12.0.