Humans can digest starch but not cellulose because
A) the monomer of starch is glucose,whereas the monomer of cellulose is glucose modified by the addition of a nitrogen-containing group.
B) humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the β glycosidic linkages of starch but not the α glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
C) humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the α glycosidic linkages of starch but not the β glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
D) humans harbor starch-digesting bacteria in the digestive tract but not cellulose-digesting bacteria.
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