The phrase "type strain" refers to a specific example of a microorganism that represents its entire species. It is like a fitting representative of a particular kind of germ. Full definition
In addittion, the new compounds keep the activity against the wild - type strain of the virus», explains Professor Santiago Vázquez. (sciencedaily.com)
Using DNA hybridization, researchers identified individual species in the samples and, while some were a close match to Bacillus anthracis type strains, they did not have the physical characteristics or the toxin - producing plasmids required to consider them a potential risk. (sciencedaily.com)
The pandemic virus was thus antigenically closer to human type A strains isolated during the middle 1930's than to other known influenza virus types. (science.sciencemag.org)