The phrase "are attributed to distinct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing characteristics, qualities, or actions that are assigned to different entities or categories.
Example: "The various outcomes of the experiment are attributed to distinct variables that were manipulated during the study."
Alternatives: "are assigned to different" or "are linked to separate".
Infection by P. vivax is attributed to distinct strains, VK210 and VK247, which differ in the sequence of the circumsporozoite protein (pvcsp).
Based on dental wear and postcranial morphological traits, bisons can be attributed to distinct size classes and shape trends, associated with distinct feeding and locomotor adaptations across regional provinces and time intervals.
The occurrence of widespread and endemic species in this megadiverse mountain environment might be attributed to distinct physiological strategies of species to cope with high light levels and impoverished soils.
The differences in release patterns in water and PBS were attributed to distinct dissimilarities in the swelling behaviors; in water, the hydrogels swell enormously, while in PBS they expel water and shrink.
It is shown that addition of bio-binder would introduce different impacts on surface properties for different base asphalts (Pen30 and Pen70 asphalts in this paper), which may be attributed to distinct compatibilities between bio-binder and different asphalts.
In these studies, self-renewal was attributed to distinct populations of tumor cells termed tumor initiating cells or cancer stem cells (CSC).
The phenotypes expressed significantly in the condition of aromatic compound degradation were attributed to distinct subpopulations of R. Palustris considering its known modes of the growth and thermodynamic and energetic plausibility of the phenotypes co-activation in one cell.
Furthermore, many of these signatures could be attributed to distinct mutational processes that are complicit in oncogenesis.
