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Solveig Langsrud

Solveig Langsrud

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9695
World Ranking
16207
National Ranking
81

Overview

Solveig Langsrud is affiliated with Nofima in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on Food Science, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Sociology and Political Science as subfields of study.

The research topics covered by Langsrud include:

  • Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
  • Food Safety and Hygiene
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Microbial Inactivation Methods
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Risk Perception and Management

Langsrud has published papers in several venues with frequent contributions to:

  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Food Control
  • PLoS ONE

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Microbial diversity and ecology of biofilms in food industry environments associated with Listeria monocytogenes persistence" (2020, Current Opinion in Food Science)
  • "Salmonella in eggs: From shopping to consumption-A review providing an evidence-based analysis of risk factors" (2021, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety)
  • "Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilm Removal Using Different Commercial Cleaning Agents" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Consumer practices and prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella and norovirus in kitchens from six European countries" (2021, International Journal of Food Microbiology)
  • "In-Depth Longitudinal Study of Listeria monocytogenes ST9 Isolates from the Meat Processing Industry: Resolving Diversity and Transmission Patterns Using Whole-Genome Sequencing" (2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)

Langsrud collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Trond Møretrø
  • Annette Fagerlund
  • Even Heir
  • Paula Teixeira
  • Silje Elisabeth Skuland

Best Publications

  • Does the wide use of quaternary ammonium compounds enhance the selection and spread of antimicrobial resistance and thus threaten our health

    Kristin Hegstad;Solveig Langsrud;Bjørn Tore Lunestad;Anne Aamdal Scheie

  • Attachment and biofilm formation by foodborne bacteria in meat processing environments: causes, implications, role of bacterial interactions and control by alternative novel methods.

    Efstathios Giaouris;Even Heir;Michel Hébraud;Nikos Chorianopoulos

  • Listeria monocytogenes : biofilm formation and persistence in food-processing environments

    T. Møretrø;S. Langsrud

  • Intra- and inter-species interactions within biofilms of important foodborne bacterial pathogens.

    Efstathios Giaouris;Even Heir;Mickaël Desvaux;Michel Hébraud

  • Biofilm forming abilities of Salmonella are correlated with persistence in fish meal- and feed factories.

    Lene K Vestby;Trond Møretrø;Solveig Langsrud;Even Heir

  • Different patterns of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus under food-related stress conditions.

    Tone Mari Rode;Solveig Langsrud;Askild Holck;Trond Møretrø

  • Residential Bacteria on Surfaces in the Food Industry and Their Implications for Food Safety and Quality

    Trond Møretrø;Solveig Langsrud

  • Occurrence of and a possible mechanism for resistance to a quaternary ammonium compound in Listeria monocytogenes.

    Brit Aase;Gunhild Sundheim;Solveig Langsrud;Liv Marit Rørvik

  • Bacterial disinfectant resistance—a challenge for the food industry

    Solveig Langsrud;Maan Singh Sidhu;Even Heir;Askild L. Holck

  • Nonleaching antimicrobial films prepared from surface-modified microfibrillated cellulose.

    Martin Andresen;Per Stenstad;Trond Møretrø;Solveig Langsrud

  • Biofilm formation and the presence of the intercellular adhesion locus ica among staphylococci from food and food processing environments.

    Trond Møretrø;Lene Hermansen;Askild L. Holck;Maan S. Sidhu

  • Tolerance to quaternary ammonium compound disinfectants may enhance growth of Listeria monocytogenes in the food industry.

    Trond Møretrø;Bjørn Christian Schirmer;Even Heir;Annette Fagerlund

  • Acid-shock responses in Staphylococcus aureus investigated by global gene expression analysis.

    Erlend Bore;Solveig Langsrud;Øyvind Langsrud;Tone Mari Rode;Tone Mari Rode

  • Control of Salmonella in food related environments by chemical disinfection

    Trond Møretrø;Even Heir;Live L. Nesse;Lene K. Vestby

  • Evaluation of efficacy of disinfectants against Salmonella from the feed industry

    T. Møretrø;L.K. Vestby;L.L. Nesse;S.E. Storheim

  • Bacterial resistance to disinfectants containing quaternary ammonium compounds

    G. Sundheim;S. Langsrud;E. Heir;A.L. Holck

  • Cleaning and Disinfection of Biofilms Composed of Listeria monocytogenes and Background Microbiota from Meat Processing Surfaces

    Annette Fagerlund;Trond Møretrø;Even Heir;Romain Briandet

  • Intrinsic and acquired resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds in food-related Pseudomonas spp.

    S. Langsrud;G. Sundheim;R. Borgmann-Strahsen

  • Persistence of foodborne pathogens and their control in primary and secondary food production chains

    Marianne Halberg Larsen;Marion Dalmasso;Hanne Ingmer;Solveig Langsrud

  • Cross-resistance to antibiotics of Escherichia coli adapted to benzalkonium chloride or exposed to stress-inducers.

    S. Langsrud;G. Sundheim;A.L. Holck

Frequent Co-Authors

Even Heir
Even Heir Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Paula Teixeira
Paula Teixeira Catholic University of Portugal
Joachim Scholderer
Joachim Scholderer Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Knut Rudi
Knut Rudi Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Christophe Nguyen-The
Christophe Nguyen-The University of Avignon
Georg Kapperud
Georg Kapperud Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Lucy J. Robertson
Lucy J. Robertson Norwegian University of Life Sciences
George-John E. Nychas
George-John E. Nychas Agricultural University of Athens
Eystein Skjerve
Eystein Skjerve Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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