Human beings are 99.9% genetically similar to each other. Also, we're about 99% genetically similar to chimpanzees.
I'm not sure that "99%" similar is the right way to think about chimpanzees and humans. We have a different chromosome number. Our chromosome 2 is a roberstonian fusion of two acrocentric chromosomes found in all other great apes, including chimpanzees and bonobos.
I'm taking about the sense in which you share 50% of the DNA with a sibling or payment.
The basics of cellular respiration are always the same on this planet.