pedococcus cremeus pedococcus cremeus pedococcus cremeus is a species of gram positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile, non-endosporeforming bacterium. the species was initially isolated from forest soil from the changbai mountains. the species was first described in 2011, and its name refers to the cream-colored colonies the species produces on r2a agar. pedococcus cremeus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: intrasporangiaceae genus: pedococcus species: p. cremeus binomial name pedococcus cremeus(zhang et al. 2011) nouioui et al. 2018 synonyms phycicoccus cremeus zhang et al. 2011 the optimum growth temperature for p. cremeus is 29°c and can grow in the 14-35°c range. the optimum ph is 7.0-8.0, and can grow in ph 4.1-10.0.