Glad to hear it is going better! This class has a lot of memorization and yes, more time outside of class. I found too writing it out as mentioned above seemed to help more than just reading and rereading it, especially making flash cards for all the organisms and tests. Also, there are flow charts online that group organisms by their tests to help ID them by their characteristics (Aerobic Gram positive or Gram negative: Cocci or Bacilli, Anaerobic Gram postive or negative: Bacilli, etc) that can be really helpful if you are more visual. If I might be able to help, please PM me. Again, keep up the good work and good luck!!