D. hansenii was the most common yeast among 383 isolates from samples of unsulphited or sulphited sausages, skinless sausages and minced beef examined by Dalton et al.39, indicating its importance for meat products. The involvement of Debaryomyces in meat fermentation has been known for a long time; as early as the mid-1960s Rankine153 briefly described unspecified Debaryomyces strains as producers of hydrogen sulphite, for instance