Unknown bacteria

[Tim Williams]

In article <01bc3a6b$a7811ea0$LocalHost at default>, moonwatcher
<wagb281 at bellsouth.net> writes
>I recently inoculated two nutrient agar slants with an unknown bacteria.
>One will be kept at 25degrees and the other at 37degrees.  These will be
>kept for more than 24 hours.
>
>What is the best way to obtain the information needed in order to identify
>the bacteria.  Where would you start? 
>

a Gram stain.

Maybe you could be more specific. The way this post is phrased, it would
seem that the required answer would be summery of all known
microbiology.
-- 
Tim Williams