The main difference between the genomes of the bacteria Haemophilus influenzae and E. coli is that
A) the genome of H. influenzae is a circular molecule and that of E. coli is linear.
B) the H. influenzae genome encodes a larger number of genes.
C) the genome of E. coli is much larger than the H. influenzae genome.
D) a higher percentage of the H. influenzae genome contains genes encoding proteins.

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The genome of E. coli is larger than that of H. influenzae, with E. coli having approximately 4.6 million base pairs compared to H. influenzae's 1.8 million base pairs.

The Main Difference Between the Genomes of the Bacteria Haemophilus