The most abundant yeast species in all cheeses was D. hansenii
(Fig. 1) except in cheese G1, which rendered a higher number of
Kluyveromyces lactis isolates. Other yeast species were isolated in
minor numbers. In all cheeses, yeast diversity decreased along
cheese maturation, being D. hansenii the most abundant yeast at
the end of the process. In cheeses E1 and G1, yeast species
D. hansenii appeared at the second or third maturation week
although concurring with K. lactis and other yeast species up to the
fifth or sixth week of the process. On the contrary, in cheeses E2 and