Table 1. Level of rpoB partial sequence similarity among six species of oral Veillonella.

	Percentage of similarity with
Species	V. atypica	V. denticariosi	V. dispar	V. parvula	V. rogosae	V. tobetsuensis
V. atypica
V. denticariosi	73.7
V. dispar	81.4	76.6
V. parvula	76.7	78.2	82.8
V. rogosae	75.8	81	83.2	90.9
V. tobetsuensis	80.7	74.1	81.9	76.9	78.5