Tags: Bacteria.
Gracilicutes (Latin: gracilis slender and cutis skin referring to the cell wall) is a controversial taxon in bacterial taxonomy.Traditionally gram staining results were most commonly used as a classification tool consequently until the advent of molecular phylogeny the Kingdom Prokaryotae (as the domain Bacteria was known then) was divided into four phyla Gracilicutes (gram-negative) Firmacutes [sic] (gram-positive subsequently corrected to Firmicutes) Mollicutes (gram variable e.g.
