When working with Gram-positive rods:
👉 Always ask yourself:
• Spore-forming or not?
• Motile or non-motile?
💡 This alone can narrow down your organism FAST.
🔬 Example:
• Spore + motile → Bacillus cereus
• Spore + non-motile → Bacillus anthracis
💙 Simple questions = faster identification