''Meniscus'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

, heterotrophic and aerotolerant genus of bacteria from the family of

Prolixibacteraceae ''Prolixibacteraceae'' is a family of 11 bacterial genera in the order of ''Bacteroidales Bacteroidales is an order of bacteria. Notably it includes the genera ''Prevotella'' and ''Bacteroides'' , which are commonly found in the human gut mi ...

with one known species ('' Meniscus glaucopis'').

References

Bacteroidia Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 1977 {{Bacteroidetes-stub