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16S rRNA RefSeq: V15.23    Genomic RefSeq: V10.1
Genus: Veillonella
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percent abundance
SUBPSUPPAKEBMUHPASALTHRPTOTDOANASTO
Avg3.9233.3714.7813.4235.86512.0129.2758.86910.9810.045
10thp0.3230.2260.2680.3942.1224.5113.4982.2015.0830.000
90thp10.2576.87113.2487.73511.86021.39315.36316.86515.2600.131
Stdev5.0554.3525.2933.4593.7716.1475.6395.1394.6440.120
Prev98.701100.000100.00098.701100.000100.000100.000100.000100.00037.662
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percent abundance
SUBPSUPPAKEBMUHPASALTHRPTOTDOANASTO
Avg4.0223.7884.8243.1505.94611.7648.1487.19610.0910.043
10thp0.3390.4020.2540.5231.6404.3512.9562.3764.0360.000
90thp10.4548.63812.5997.30811.62019.94813.91613.27116.3500.060
Stdev5.5764.2775.4012.8083.8716.0224.7824.3494.8870.199
Prev98.649100.00098.649100.000100.000100.000100.000100.000100.00030.070
From: Dewhirst 35x9 data (not published yet)
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percent abundance
SUBPSUPPAKEBMUHPASALTHRPTOTDOANAANA
Avg3.5705.3313.1854.2924.3433.8497.3505.1145.8420.013
10thp0.0290.2280.0740.3010.6760.5971.8600.9770.1540.000
90thp11.36815.0309.2949.8598.2839.21712.4699.96011.6000.020
Stdev6.5925.9474.0875.1992.8003.1055.2863.5854.3020.037
Prev98.649100.000100.000100.000100.000100.000100.000100.000100.00015.000
Overview: Bacteria of the genus Veillonella are among the most abundant bacteria in the healthy mouth. They make up approximately 10% of the bacterial community on the tongue, tonsils, and throat and 2-4% in dental plaque and on the cheeks and gums.

Ecological role/importance in health and disease: Veillonella spp. consume lactate and thrive adjacent to lactate-producing streptococci (Perisamy & Kolenbrander 2010). Veillonellae such as Veillonella parvula are early colonizers of teeth; they cannot grow by themselves on saliva but they are abundant in the biofilm that forms during the first 4 hours on enamel in the mouth (Diaz et al. 2006, Periasamy and Kolenbrander 2010). Other species – V. dispar, V. rogosae, and V. atypica – are members of the tongue dorsum biofilm (Wilbert et al. 2020, Mark Welch et al. 2019). The as-yet unnamed Veillonella sp. HMT 780 is abundant on the gums. V. parvula is a member of the "purple complex" in the subgingival biofilm together with Schaalia odontolytica (Socransky et al. 1998).