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Why might an antibody produced to target Salmonella bacteria not work against a bacteria that causes gonorrhoea?

A

Antibodies have a complementary shape to the antigen.
Antibodies are specific to the particular shapes of pathogens, so an antibody produced to target Salmonella bacteria will not work against a bacteria that causes gonorrhoea

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