Andrey Gontcharov

Doctor of biological sciences
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

ORCiD: 0000-0003-2918-730X

Web of Science ResearcherID: AAR-1746-2020

Scopus Author ID: 6603752347

Elibrary Author ID: 107465

Research interests: streptophyte algae phylogeny and systematics, phylogeny and phylogeography of Crassulacea

Selected publications


2026 - First species records of charophytes (Charophyceae, Characeae) from Laos with a description of new species Nitella laotica R.E.Romanov, V.Yu.Nikulin, K.-G. Bernhardt & A.A. Gontcharov, sp. nov. and lectotypification of Chara pseudohydropithys Imahori Romanov R.E., Nikulin V.Yu., Bernhardt K.-G., Konstantinov E.L., Gontcharov A.A. Cryptogamie Algologie 2026; 47(1): 1-22 DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2026v47a1
2026 - Morphology and phylogenetic affinity of Chara hanii, nom. nov. (Charophyceae, Characeae) from Xinjiang, China Romanov R.E., Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Zhakova L.V., Gontcharov A.A. Phytotaxa 2026; 740(1): 50-62 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.740.1.4
2025 - Comparative Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Cyanobacteria and Microalgae from Different Evolutionary Lineages Manyakhin A.Yu., Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Bagmet V.B., Gevorgiz R.G., Zheleznova S.N., Ma C., Li G., Gontcharov A.A. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 2025; 72: 232 DOI: 10.1134/S1021443725604902
2025 - Nitella hollerbachii (Charophyceae, Characeae)—a new species from Pacific Asia Romanov R.E., Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Ivanov S.D., Gontcharov A.A. Phytotaxa 2025; 715(3): 179-206 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.715.3.1
2025 - Coelastrella laevis sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Sphaeropleales) from the soils of the Russian Far East Nikulin V.Yu., Sushchenko R.Z., Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin A.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Phycologia 2025; 64(5): 420–428 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2562622
2025 - Emended diagnosis of the genus Chlorolilaea (Chlorophyceae), with the description of Chlorolilaea mutnoviae sp. nov. from soils of Kamchatka, Russia Gontcharov A.A., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Sushchenko R.Z. Phycologia 2025; 64(4): 322-330 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2538255
2025 - Description of new species Tolypella iranica (Charophyceae, Characeae) and update of the species distribution range of T. mongolica Romanov R.E., Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Zhakova L.V., Ivanov S.D., Stepanova V.A., Efremov A.N., Gontcharov A.A. Phytotaxa 2025; 698(1): 1-14 DOI: 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.698.1.1
2024 - Morphology, molecular genetics and features of the life cycle of three species of Luticola D.G. Mann (Bacillariophyceae) from the Russian Far East Bagmet V.B., Nikulin A.Y., Nikulin V.Y., Gontcharov A.A., Abdullin S.R. Russian Journal of Developmental Biology 2024; 55(4): 171–185 DOI: 10.1134/S1062360424700164
2024 - Secondary Metabolites from Pleurotus ostreatus Lei J., Cui C.W., Gontcharov A.A., Chen P., Wang Q. Chemistry of Natural Compounds 2024; 60(5): 921-923 DOI: 10.1007/s10600-024-04478-1
2024 - Metagenomic Insight into the Associated Microbiome in Plasmodia of Myxomycetes Peng X., Li Sh., Dou W., Li M., Gontcharov A.A., Peng Zh., Qi B., Wang Q., Li Yu. Microorganisms 2024; (12): 2540 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12122540
2024 - Checklist of vascular plants of Asiana Russia Chepinoga V.V., Barkalov V.Yu., Ebel A.L., Knyazev M.S., Baikov K.S., Bobrov A.A., Chkalov A.V., Doronkin V.M., Efimov P.G., Friesen N.V., German D.A., Gontcharov A.A., Grabovskaya-Borodina A.E., Gureyeva I.I., Ivanenko Yu.A., Kechaykin A.A., Korobkov A.A., Korollyuk E.A., Kosachev P.A., Kupriyanov A.N., Luferov A.N., Melnikov D.G., Mikailova M.A., Nikiforova O.D., Orlova L.V., Ovchinnikova S.V., Pinzhenina E.A., Poliakova T.A., Shekhovtsova I.N., Shipunov A.B., Shmakov A.I., Smirnov S.V., Tkach N.V., Troshkina V.I., Tupitsina N.N., Vasjukov V.M., Vlasova N.V., Verkhozina A.V., Anenkhonov O.A., Efremov A.N., Glazunov V.A., Khoreva M.G., Kiseleva T.I., Krestov P.V., Kryukova M.V., Kuzmin I.V., Lashchinskiy N.N., Pospelov I.N., Pospelova E.B., Zolotareva N.V., Sennikov A.N., Botanica Pacifica: a journal of plant science and conservation 2024; 13(S3): 3-310 DOI: 10.17581/bp.2024.13S01
2024 - Light adaptation strategies of Quercus mongolica at different ages in four plantations Tang G., Zhang H., Xing H., Yuan T., Gontcharov A.A., Yang L. Forestry Research 2024; 4: e005 DOI: 10.48130/forres-0024-0002
2024 - Description of Two New Species of Stauroneis Ehrenberg (Naviculales, Bacillariophyceae) from the Russian Far East Using an Integrative Approach. Bagmet V.B., Abdullin S.R., Nikulin V.Y., Nikulin A.Y., Gorpenchenko T.Y., Gontcharov A.A. Plants (Basel) 2024; 13(15): 2160 DOI: 10.3390/plants13152160
2024 - Tolypella mongolica (Charophyceae, Characeae): A new dioecious charophyte species from the center of Eurasia and implications for charophyte taxonomy, including the validation of T. porteri and the new combination for T. jwalae Romanov R.E., Nikulin V.Yu., Vishnyakov V.S., Tsegmid B., Efremov A.N., Zhakova L.V., Gontcharov A.A. Phytotaxa 2024; 659(1): 24-40 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.659.1.2
2024 - Study on syntaxonomic diversity of algal cenoses in soils of the Russian Far East, using an integrative taxonomic approach Abdullin S.R., Nikulin A.Y., Bagmet V.B., Nikulin V.Y., Zharikova E.A., Kiseleva I.V., Gontcharov A.A. Plants (Basel) 2024; 13(2): 306 DOI: 10.3390/plants13020306
2023 - New combinations and new names in vascular plants of Asian Russia Chepinoga V.V., Seregin A.P., Barkalov V.Yu., Ebel A.L., Efimov P.G., Frisen N.V., Gontcharov A.A., Kechaykin A.A., Knyazev M.S., Korobkov A.A., Korolyuk E.A., Kosachev P.A., Luferov A.N., Melnikov D.G., Nikiforova O.D., Ovzinnikova S.V., Schekhovstova I.N., Troshkina V.I. Botanica Pacifica: a journal of plant science and conservation 2023; 12(2): 120-133 DOI: 10.17581/bp.2023.12s06
2023 - Immunomodulatory Effect of Flammulina rossica Fermentation Extract on Healthy and Immunosuppressed Mice Dai Y., Ma S., Zhu Y., Gontcharov A.A., Liu Y., Wang Q. Molecules 2023; 28: 5825 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155825
2023 - Oogamochlamys kurilensis sp. nov. (Chlorophyta, Volvocales) from the soils of Iturup Island (Sakhalin Region, Russia) Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Gontcharov A.A., Bagmet V.B., Abdullin Sh.R. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12(19): 3350 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193350
2023 - Luticola tenera sp. nov. (Diadesmidaceae, Naviculales) - A New Diatom from the Soil of the State Nature Reserve “Bastak” (Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia) Bagmet V.B., Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Life 2023; 13(9): 1937 DOI: 10.3390/life13091937
2023 - The Charophytes (Charophyceae, Characeae) from Dagestan Aquatic Habitats, North Caucasus: Biogeographical and Barcoding Perspectives Romanov R.E., Mallaliev M.M., Barinova S.S., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Environments 2023; 10(9): 153 DOI: 10.3390/environments10090153
2023 - ‘Unfinished’ Morphogenesis Hides Different Speciation Pathways in Charophytes: Evidence from the 190-Year-Old Original Material of Chara denudata (Charales, Charophyceae) Romanov R.E., Barinova S.S., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Diversity 2023; 15(2): 249 DOI: 10.3390/d15020249
2022 - Biotechnological potential of a new strain of Cylindrotheca fusiformis producing fatty acids and fucoxanthin Gevorgiz R.G., Gontcharov A.A., Zheleznova S.N., Malakhova L.V., Alyomova T.E., Maoka T., Nekhoroshev M.V. Bioresource Technology Reports 2022; 18: 101098 DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2022.101098
2022 - A marine invasive benthic diatom species [Licmophora normaniana (Greville) Wahrer, 1985] in an inland oasis mineral spring in Egypt Saber A.A., Borrini A., Saber H., El-Sheekh M., Gontcharov A.A., Cantonati M. BioInvasions Records 2022; 11(1): 13-22 DOI: 10.3391/bir.2022.11.1.02
2022 - Diversity of bacterial communities in the plasmodia of myxomycetes Li S., Qi B., Wang W., Peng X., Gontcharov A.A., Liu B., Wang Q., Li Y. BMC Microbiology 2022; 22: 314 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02725-5
2022 - Biology, Genetic Diversity, and Ecology of Nitzschia acidoclinata Lange‐Bertalot (Bacillariophyta) Bagmet V.B., Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Diversity 2022; 14(12): 1133 DOI: 10.3390/d14121133
2022 - Nitella sonderi A.Braun (Charales, Charophyceae) – a new record for South America, and first record from outside Australia Romanov R.E., Vidal-Russell R., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A., Quiroga M.P. Cryptogamie Algologie 2022; 43(13): 201-213 DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2022v43a13
2022 - Ulosarcina terrestrica gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Ulvophycean Sarcinoid Alga from the Russian Far East Gontcharov A.A., Nikulin A.Yu, Nikulin V.Yu., Allaguvatova R.Z., Bagmet V.B., Abdullin Sh.R. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11(23): 3228 DOI: 10.3390/plants11233228
2022 - Emended description of the genus Eremochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), with Eremochloris kamchatica sp. nov. from Kamchatka Abdullin Sh.R., Bagmet V.B., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Gorpenchenko T.Yu., Grishin S.Yu., Allaguvatova R.Z., Gontcharov A.A. Phycologia 2022; 61(2): 175-183 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2021.2024710
2022 - Chara lipkinii (Charales, Charophyceae): a new dioecious Mediterranean species under risk of extinction in the wild and some implications for the taxonomy of the genus Chara Romanov R.E., Barinova S.S., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Fottea 2022; 22(1): 1-12 DOI: 10.5507/fot.2021.012
2022 - Structural characterisation and antitumor activity against non-small cell lung cancer of polysaccharides from Sanghuangporus vaninii Wan X., Jin X., Wu X., Yang X., Lin D., Li C., Fu Y., Liu Y., Liu X., Lv J., Gontcharov A.A., Yang H., Wang Qi, Li Yu Carbohydrate Polymers 2022; 276: 118798 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118798
2021 - New molecular and phenotypic data on Mayamaea arida (Bock) Lange-Bertalot (Bacillariophyta) Bagmet V.B., Nikulin A.Yu., Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 2021; 937: 022002 DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/937/2/022002
2021 - New species Chara oryzae and a new section Corillionia of Chara (Charales, Charophyceae) from European Mediterranean rice fields Romanov R.E., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. European Journal of Phycology 2021; 57(3): 1-15 DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2021.1987527
2021 - New cyanobacterium Aliterella vladivostokensis sp. nov. (Aliterellaceae, Chroococcidiopsidales), isolated from temperate monsoon climate zone (Vladivostok, Russia) Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin A.Yu., Bagmet V.B., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Phytotaxa 2021; 527(3): 221-233 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.527.3.7
2021 - New Species of Chloroidium (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) from East Asia Gontcharov A.A., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Bagmet V.B., Allaguvatova R.Z., Abdullin Sh.R. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10(12): 2560 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122560
2021 - Integrative Taxonomic, Ecological and Genotyping Study of Charophyte Populations from the Egyptian Western-Desert Oases and Sinai Peninsula Saber A.A., Gontcharov A.A., Nikulin A.Y., Nikulin V.Y., Rayan W.A., Cantonati M. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10(6): 1157 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061157
2021 - Roholtiella mixta sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): morphology, molecular phylogeny and carotenoid content Abdullin Sh.R., Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Manyakhin A.Yu., Bagmet V.B., Suprun A.R., Gontcharov A.A. Phycologia 2021; 60(1): 73-82 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2020.1852846
2020 - New species and records of the subterranean amphipod genus Pseudocrangonyx Akatsuka and Komai (Crustacea: Pseudocrangonyctidae), representing the northernmost distribution of the group Sidorov D.A., Labay V.S., Gontcharov A.A. Journal of Natural History 2020; 54(27-28): 1759-1795 DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1820092
2020 - Characterization of a polysaccharide fromSanghuangporus vaninii and its antitumor regulation via activation of the p53 signaling pathway in breast cancer MCF-7 cells Wan X., Jin X., Xie M., Liu J., Gontcharov A.A., Wang H., Lv R., Liu D., Wang Q., Li Y. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2020; 163(15): 865–877 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.279
2020 - Dictyostelid Cellular Slime Molds from the Russian Far East Li W., Wei Y., Zou Y., Liu P., Li Z., Gontcharov A.A., Stephenson S.L., Wang Q., Zhang S., Li Y. Protist 2020; 171(5): 125756 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2020.125756
2020 - Orostachys spinosa (Crassulaceae) origin and diversification: East Asia or South Siberian Mountains? Chloroplast DNA data Nikulin, A.Y., Nikulin, V.Y., Gontcharov, A.A. Plant Systematics and Evolution 2020; 306(5): 84 DOI: 10.1007/s00606-020-01713-4
2020 - Sustainable Forest Management Beyond the Timber-Oriented Status Quo: Transitioning to Co-production of Timber and Non-wood Forest Products-a Global Perspective Sheppard J.P., Chamberlain J., Agundez D., Bhattacharya P., Chirwa P.W., Gontcharov A., Sagona W.C.J., Shen H.L., Tadesse W., Mutke S. Current Forestry Reports 2020; 6(1): 26-40 DOI: 10.1007/s40725-019-00107-1
2020 - Nitella singaporensis (Charophyceae, Charales): new species and implications for the taxonomy of the genus Nitella Romanov R.E., Nikulin V.Yu., Yeo R.S.W., Ho Boon-Chuan, Gontcharov A.A. Phytotaxa 2020; 438(2): 80-94 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.438.2.2
2019 - The study of biodiversity of green soil microalgae based on molecular data Nikulin A.Yu., Gontcharov А.А. Modern Achievements in Population, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics: Program and Abstract of International Symposium 2019: 42
2019 - Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution Cheng S., Xian W., Fu Yu., Marin B., Keller J., Wu T., Sun W., Li X, Xu Yan, Zhang Yu, Wittek S., Reder T., Gunther G., Gontcharov A., W., Li L., Liu Xin, Wang J., Yang H., Xu Xun, Delaux P.-M., Melkonian B., Wong G.K.-S., Melkonian M. Cell 2019; 179: 1057–1067 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.019
2019 - Correction to: Adrift across tectonic plates: molecular phylogenetics supports the ancient Laurasian origin of old limnic crangonyctid amphipods Copilaş-Ciocianu D., Sidorov D., Gontcharov A.A. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2019; 19: 404 DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00403-5
2019 - Adrift across tectonic plates: molecular phylogenetics supports the ancient Laurasian origin of old limnic crangonyctid amphipods Copilaş-Ciocianu D., Sidorov D., Gontcharov A.A. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2019; 19(2): 191-207 DOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00401-7
2018 - Zenkevitchiidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Gammaroidea), with description of new subterranean amphipods from extremely deep cave habitats Sidorov D., Taylor S., Sharina S.N., Gontcharov A.A. Journal of Natural History 2018; 52(23-24): 1509-1535 DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1482017
2017 - Study of terrestrial Coelastrella/Scotiellopsis biodiversity in the South Ural region (Russia) Gaysina, L.A., Elias, M., Gontcharov A.A. Phycologia 2017; 56(4): 60-61 DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884-56.sp4.1
2016 - Phylogenetic relationships between Sedum L. and related genera (Crassulaceae) based on ITS rDNA sequence comparisons Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharova S.B., Stephenson R., Gontcharov A.A. Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 2016; 224: 218–229 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2016.08.003
2015 - A new genus and two new species of cavernicolous amphipods (Crustacea: Typhlogammaridae) from Western Caucasus Sidorov D.A., Gontcharov A.A., Sharina S.N. European Journal of Taxonomy 2015; (168): 1-32 DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.168
2015 - Shedding light on a cryptic cavernicole: A second species of Zenkevitchia Birstein (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Typhlogammaridae) discovered via molecular techniques Sidorov D.A., Gontcharov A.A., Palatov D.M., Taylor S.J., Semenchenko A.A. Subterranean Biology 2015; 15: 37-55 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.15.4872
2015 - Preliminary analysis of phylogenetic relationships of the Asian-Pacific endemial subterranean amphipod genus Pseudocrangonyx among families and genera of crangonyctoidean amphipods inferred by partial LSU rDNA gene sequences Sidorov D.A., Gontcharov A.A. Zoological Science 2015; 32(2): 178-182 DOI: 10.2108/zs140129
2015 - ITS rDNA sequence comparisons resolve phylogenetic relationships in Orostachys subsection Appendiculatae (Crassulaceae) Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharova S.B., Gontcharov A.A. Plant Systematics and Evolution 2015; 301(5): 1441-1453 DOI: 10.1007/s00606-014-1165-y
2013 - Unexpected finding of the invasive Baikalian amphipod Gmelinoides fasciatus in a cold spring of the southern Pamir Mountains Sidorov D.A., Gontcharov A.A., Palatov D.M. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 2013; 1(411): 8 DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2013079
2013 - Phylogenetic relationships among Orostachys subsection Orostachys species (Crassulaceae) based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA data Kozyrenko M.M., Gontcharova S.B., Gontcharov A.A. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 2013; 51(5): 578–589 DOI: 10.1111/jse.12016
2013 - Studies on subterranean amphipod crustaceans of Primory, Russia. Part 1. Three new species of the genus Pseudocrangonyx from springs and other groundwater habitats in far eastern Russia Sidorov D.A., Gontcharov A.A. Zootaxa 2013; 3693(4): 547–567
2011 - Analysis of the genetic structure of Rhodiola rosea (Crassulaceae) using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) polymorphisms Kozyrenko M.M., Gontcharova S.B., Gontcharov A.A. Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 2011; 206(8): 691-696 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.12.002
2008 - Ribosomal ITS Sequences Allow Resolution of Freshwater Sponge Phylogeny with Alignments Guided by Secondary Structure Prediction Itskovich, V., Gontcharov, A., Masuda, Y., Nohno, T., Belikov, S., Efremova, S., Meixner, M., Janussen, D. Journal of Molecular Evolution 2008; 67(6): 608-620 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9158-5
2008 - Phylogeny and classification of Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta): current state of affairs Gontcharov, A.A. Fottea 2008; 8(2): 87–104 DOI: 10.5507/fot.2008.004
2006 - Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sea urchin embryos Bulgakov V.P., Kiselev K.V., Yakovlev K.V., Zhuravlev Y.N., Gontcharov A.A., Odintsova N.A. Biotechnology Journal 2006; 1(4): 454-461 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200500045
2005 - Phylogenetic Relationships of the Far Eastern Araliaceae Inferred from ITS sequences of nuclear rDNA Artyukova E.V., Gontcharov A.A., Kozyrenko M.M., Reunova G.D., Zhuravlev Yu.N. Russian Journal of Genetics 2005; 41(6): 649-658 DOI: 10.1007/s11177-005-0140-7
2005 - Molecular phylogeny of Staurastrum Meyen ex Ralfs and related genera (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) based on coding and noncoding rDNA sequence comparisons Gontcharov A.A., Melkonian M. Journal of Phycology 2005; 41(4): 887-899 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2005.04165.x
2004 - Sequence and secondary structure evolution of ITS rDNA in the family Crassulaceae Gontcharova S.B., Gontcharov A.A. Chromosome Science 2004; 8: 142-144
2004 - Are combined analyses better than single gene phylogenies? A case study using SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons in the Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta) Gontcharov A.A., Marin B., Melkonian M. Molecular Biology and Evolution 2004; 21(3): 612-624 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh052
2004 - Unusual position of the genus Spirotaenia (Zygnematophyceae) among streptophytes revealed by SSU rDNA and rbcL sequence comparisons Gontcharov A.A., Melkonian M. Phycologia 2004; 43(1): 105-113 DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-1-105.1
2003 - Molecular phylogeny of conjugating green algae (Zygnemophyceae, Streptophyta) inferred from SSU rDNA sequence comparisons Gontcharov A.A., Marin B., Melkonian M. Journal of Molecular Evolution 2003; 56(1): 89-104 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2383-4
2002 - Desmids (Desmidiales, Streptophyta) from the Experimental Lakes Area, Ontario, Canada. The genera Actinotaenium and Cosmarium Gontcharov F.A., Findlay D.L., Kling H.J., Watanabe M.M. Algological Studies. International journal of phycological research 2002; 105: 51-78
2001 - Contribution to the desmid flora of Papua New Guinea II. Gontcharov A.A., Watanabe M., Watanabe M.M. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series B (Botany) 2001; 25(5): 7-42
1999 - Rare and new desmids (Desmidiaceae, Chlorophyta) from Japan Gontcharov A.A., Watanabe M.M. Phycological Research 1999; 47(4): 233-240 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1835.1999.00172.x
1999 - Contribution to the desmid flora of Papua New Guinea Gontcharov, A.A., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, M.M. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series B (Botany) 1999; 25(1): 5-27
1999 - Morphology and taxonomy of two planktic species of Staurastrum (Desmidiaceae, Chlorophyta) in Lake Biwa, Japan Gontcharov A.A., Kasai F., Watanabe M.M. Algological Studies. International journal of phycological research 1999; 93: 79-90
1999 - Brachytheca sulcata gen. et sp nov (Desmidiaceae, Chlorophyta), a new alga from the highlands of Papua New Guinea Gontcharov A.A., Watanabe M. Phycologia 1999; 38(5): 345-348
1998 - Desmids of lakes Chuhunenko and Zaria (Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Russia) Gontcharov A.A. Algological Studies. International journal of phycological research 1998; 90: 9-43
1997 - Phytoplankton community in the primorsky water cooling reservoir (Russian far east) Gontcharov A.A. Phycologia 1997; 36(4): 36
1997 - Contribution to the desmid flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russia Gontcharov A.A. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series B (Botany) 1997; 23(2): 59-80
1996 - The algal flora of the Primorsky Region, Russian Far East Gontcharov A.A. Hydrobiologia 1996; 336(1-3): 93-97