The phrase "a characteristic unique to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific trait or feature that is exclusive to a particular subject or group.
Example: "The ability to regenerate limbs is a characteristic unique to certain species of salamanders."
Alternatives: "a trait exclusive to" or "a feature specific to".
Privacy is a characteristic unique to the individual.
Methanogenesis is a characteristic unique to the Archaea (Woese 2007).
On the other hand, formation of tubercles (outgrowths) on the lemma and palea (hull) is a characteristic unique to the genus Oryza; an understanding of this aspect of hull architecture can be extrapolated to all congeneric species, but not to other Oryzeae or other cereal crops.
Spores are borne under false indusia (rolled flaps of tissue) at the edge of the subdivisions of the leaf, a characteristic unique to the genus Adiantum.
We stress the importance of self-correction, a characteristic unique to science yet frequently misunderstood by students as a weakness.
Finally, the new measure contact time (of the fingers with the first pellet) focuses on finger dexterity, a characteristic unique to primates (see Lemon & Griffiths, 2005; Lemon, 2008 for review), by assessing the retrieval time itself without taking into account the less controlled inter-pellet time interval.
Each drinking event has a set of characteristics unique to that event.
However, these measures lack a focus on characteristics unique to primary care.
Although risk factors associated with skin and soft tissue infections due to CA-MRSA have been described (8, 9 ), characteristics unique to patients with CA-MRSA PPM are unknown.
Each drinking event has a series of contextual characteristics unique to that event.
At the same time, potentially confounding influences of characteristics unique to a particular strain or model should be carefully considered in the design of studies aiming to define key events underlying the pathobiology of Alport glomerular disease.
