The phrase "a novel strain" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, medicine, or research to describe a new or unique variation of a microorganism or virus.
Example: "Researchers have discovered a novel strain of the virus that exhibits resistance to current treatments."
Alternatives: "a new variant" or "an innovative type".
Fishwild, D.M. et al. High-avidity human IgG κ monoclonal antibodies from a novel strain of minilocus transgenic mice.
Experts noted that the influenza epidemic of 1918 had also been caused by a novel strain of the H1N1 virus.
In this study, the biodegradation characteristics and bioaugmentation potential for a novel strain were described.
In April 2009, a novel strain of H1N1 influenza virus resulting from a combination of bird, swine, and human flu viruses emerged in Veracruz, Mexico.
A novel strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in which the GAL1 gene was replaced with the GAL4 gene has been designed.
As the virus continually evolves, new vaccines have to be administered almost annually when a novel strain becomes dominant.
On March 10th, he became the second person known to have been killed by H7N9, a novel strain of avian flu not previously seen in humans.
Bian, G., Zhou, G., Lu, P. & Xi, Z. Replacing a native Wolbachia with a novel strain results in an increase in endosymbiont load and resistance to dengue virus in a mosquito vector.
In 2009, a novel strain of the H1N1 subtype caused an influenza pandemic, and this strain has since become established as a seasonal strain, largely replacing previous H1N1 strains from circulation in the 2014 2015 influenza season6,7.
In this work, a novel strain engineering approach named Genome Replication Engineering Assisted Continuous Evolution GREACEE) was employed to improve the heat tolerance of Escherichia coli.
To address this problem, we are trying to engineer a novel strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in which the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway of mammalian cells has been fully reconstituted.
