bordetella hinzii bordetella hinzii bordetella hinzii is a gram-negative, oxidase+ and catalase-positive, short rod-shaped bacterium from the genus bordetella isolated from a patient who suffered from cystic fibrosis and from the trachea and lungs of a laboratory mouse. bordetella hinzii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: alcaligenaceae genus: bordetella species: b. hinzii binomial name bordetella hinziivandamme et al. 1995 type strain atcc 51783, blackall tc 58, ccm 4584, ccug 33847, cip 104527, dsm 11333, jcm 15550, lmg 13501, p.j. blackall tc58