Species-specific
[spee-sheez-spi-sif-ik, spee-seez-] /ˈspi ʃiz spɪˈsɪf ɪk, ˈspi siz-/
adjective, Ecology.
1.
associated with or limited to one species only.
species-specific adj.
Limited to or found only in one species.
Of or being a serum that acts only upon a member of the same species as that from which the original antigen was obtained.
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