Background
PhD in bacteriology/food safety. Research area has been sporeforming bacteria. Veterinarian.
Projects and publications
- Davide Porcellato, Marina Aspholm, Siv Borghild Skeie, Hilde Mellegård, (2019). Application of a novel amplicon-based sequencing approach reveals the diversity of the Bacillus cereus group in stored raw and pasteurized milk. Food Microbiology s. 32-39. doi: 10.1016/j.fm.2018.01.014
- Davide Porcellato, Marina Aspholm, Siv Borghild Skeie, Marte Monshaugen, Johanne Brendehaug, Hilde Mellegård, (2018). Microbial diversity of consumption milk during processing and storage. International journal of food microbiology s. 21-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.11.004
- Kristina Borch-Pedersen, Hilde Mellegård, Kai Reineke, Preben Boysen, Robert Sevenich, Toril Lindbäck, Marina Aspholm, (2017). Effects of high pressure on Bacillus licheniformis spore germination and inactivation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology doi: 10.1128/AEM.00503-17
- Hilde Mellegård, Helene Rønning, Elin Jetlund Osborg, Øyvin Østensvik, (2014). Bacillus cereus emetisk matforgiftning. Norsk Veterinærtidsskrift s. 543-547.
- Hilde Mellegård, Ákos T. Kovács, Toril Lindback, Bjørn Erik Christensen, Oscar P. Kuipers, Per Einar Granum, (2011). Transcriptional responses of Bacillus cereus towards challenges with the polysaccharide chitosan. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024304
- Hilde Mellegård, Cecilie From, Bjørn Erik Christensen, Per Einar Granum, (2011). Inhibition of Bacillus cereus spore outgrowth and multiplication by chitosan. International journal of food microbiology s. 218-225. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.06.013
- Hilde Mellegård, Sabina P. Strand, Bjørn Erik Christensen, Per Einar Granum, Simon P. Hardy, (2011). Antibacterial activity of chemically defined chitosans: Influence of molecular weight, degree of acetylation and test organism. International journal of food microbiology s. 48-54. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.04.023
- Hilde Mellegård, Torunn Stalheim, Victor Hormazabal, Per Einar Granum, Simon P. Hardy, (2009). Antibacterial activity of sphagnum acid and other phenolic compounds found in Sphagnum papillosum against food-borne bacteria. Letters in Applied Microbiology s. 85-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02622.x
- Inger Greve Alsos, Torbjørn Ekrem, Hilde Mellegård, Frode Fossøy, Trude Vrålstad, Janne Øvrebø Bohnhorst, (2019). Miljø-DNA: Tar pulsen på naturen.
- Sigrid Bratlie, Kristin Halvorsen, Bjørn Kåre Myskja, Hilde Mellegård, Cathrine Bjorvatn, Petter Frost, Gunnar Harald Heiene, Bjørn Morten Hofmann, Arne Holst-Jensen, Torolf Holst-Larsen, Raino Sverre Malnes, Benedicte Paus, Bente Sandvig, Sonja Irene Sjøli, Birgit Skarstein, May Britt Thorseth, Nils Vagstad, Dag Inge Våge, Ole Johan Borge, (2019). A novel governance framework for GMO : a tiered, more flexible regulation for GMOs would help to stimulate innovation and public debate. EMBO Reports s. 1-4. doi: 10.15252/embr.201947812
- Kristina Borch-Pedersen, Hilde Mellegård, Kai Reineke, Preben Boysen, Robert Sevenich, Toril Lindbäck, Marina Aspholm, (2017). Correction: Effects of high pressure on Bacillus licheniformis spore germination and inactivation [Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83, 14, (2017) (e00503-17)] DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00503-17. Applied and Environmental Microbiology s. 1-2. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02108-17
- Davide Porcellato, Marina Aspholm, Siv Borghild Skeie, Johanne Brendehaug, Hilde Mellegård, (2017). Bacterial Flora and Dynamics in Norwegian Milk.
- Davide Porcellato, Marina Aspholm, Siv Borghild Skeie, Marte Monshaugen, Johanne Brendehaug, Hilde Mellegård, (2017). Bacillus cereus sensu lato population uncovered with novel marker gene sequencing approach.
- Emily MacDonald, Trude Arnesen, Arne Brantsæter, Per Gerlyng, Meera Grepp, Bjørn Åsheim Hansen, Knut Jønsrud, B. Lundgren, Hilde Mellegård, Janne Møller-Stray, Karin Rønning, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Line Vold, (2013). Outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Norway, October to November 2013. Eurosurveillance s. 2-5.