The occurrence of D. hansenii as the dominant yeast in a large
number of fermentation and ripening processes for production of
meat products has led to utilization of D. hansenii as starter culture for
meat fermentation since the 70s decade (Hammes and Kauf, 1994).
Selected strains of this species are now available as starters for
fermented meat products. These yeast starters develop on the surface
of the fermented meat product contributing to the generation of desired
sensory properties (Lücke, 2000). Different approaches to follow-up the
inoculation and development of the selected D. hansenii starters on
different meat products have been accomplished by different methods.
Restriction analysis ofmitochondrial DNA andM13 RAPD-PCR has been
used to analyse the effect of the inoculation of diverse strains from
D. hansenii strains on the aroma of dry fermented sausages