Arthur Nikulin


Laboratory of Botany
Senior Researcher
Candidate of biological sciences(Ph.D.)

Web of Science ResearcherID: HPG-2927-2023
Scopus Author ID: 56414335400
Elibrary Author ID: 1024572

E-mail: artyrozz@mail.ru

Research interests: Phylogeny, cyanobacteria, algae, molecular biology

Selected publications

2026 - Luticola edaphica sp. nov. (Diadesmidaceae, Naviculales) from the soil of the Russian Far East (Primorsky Territory, Russia)

Bagmet V.B., Nikulin A.Y., Nikulin V.Y., Abdullin S.R.

Plants (Basel)     2026; 15(6): 897

DOI: 10.3390/plants15060897

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 - COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARTIAL FLORA OF HIGHER PLANTS ON URBAN BUILDINGS OF VLADIVOSTOK AND USSURIYSK (SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST)

ABDULLIN SH.R., YAKUBOV V.V., GOROBETS K.V., NIKULIN A.YU., NIKULIN V.YU.

Botanicheskii zhurnal     2025; 110(9): 849–856

DOI: 10.31857/S0006813625090037

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - SEXUAL PROCESS AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE DIATOM NITZSCHIA SP. FROM CUBA

Davidovich O.I., Davidovich N.A., Gololobova M.A., Nikulin V.YU., Nikulin A.YU., Gogorev R.M.

Issues of modern algology     2025; 37(1): 29-31

DOI: 10.33624/2311-0147-2025-1(37)-29-31

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - NITZSCHIANAVIS-VARINGICA VERSUS N. TRAHEAFORMIS: ANOTHER CRYPTIC DIATOM SPECIES COMPLEX

DAVIDOVICH N.A., DAVIDOVICH O.I., POLYAKOVA S.L., NIKULIN V.YU., NIKULIN A.YU.

Issues of modern algology     2025; 37(1): 24-28

DOI: 10.33624/2311-0147-2025-1(37)-24-28

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - THE LIFE CYCLE FEATURES OF SOME SPECIES OF LUTICOLA D.G. MANN (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)

BAGMET V.B., NIKULIN A.YU., NIKULIN V.YU., ABDULLIN SH.R.

Issues of modern algology     2025; 37(1): 8-10

DOI: 10.33624/2311-0147-2025-1(37)-8-11

IN RUSSIAN

2025 - С ALONEIS AEROPHILA W. BOCK (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE): NEW MOLECULAR AND PHENOTYPIC DATA

Bagmet V.B., Nikulin V.YU., Nikulin A.YU., Sushchenko R.Z., Abdullin SH.R.

Biota and environment of natural areas     2025; 13(3): 5–15

DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2025_3_1

IN RUSSIAN

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 - NEW RECORDS OF CYANOBACTERIA AND ALGAE FOR THE TERRITORY OF RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. PART 2

Nikulin A.YU., Nikulin V.YU., Bagmet V.B., Sushchenko R.Z., Abdullin SH.R.

Turczaninowia     2025; 28(3): 77-87

DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.28.3.8

IN RUSSIAN

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 - New molecular and phenotypic data on Encyonema simile (Bacillariophyceae)

Bagmet V.B., Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Abdullin Sh.R.

Inland Water Biology     2025; 18(2): 282–290

DOI: 10.1134/S199508292570004X

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

2025 - VII ALL-RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION “ALGAE: ISSUES ON TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY, MONITORING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY APPROACHES”

Abdullin SH.R., Nikulin V.YU., Nikulin A.YU., Sushchenko R.Z., Gontcharov A.A.

Botanicheskii zhurnal     2025; 110(1): 114-118

DOI: 10.31857/S0006813625010078

IN RUSSIAN

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 - Molecular genetic and morphological characteristics of Micractinium thermotolerans and M. inermum (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) from pyroclastic deposits of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)

Sushchenko R.Z., Nikulin V.Yu., Bagmet V.B., Nikulin A.Yu.

Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции     2024; 28(7): 706-715

DOI: 10.18699/vjgb-24-79

2024 - The first record of Pyrenopeziza protrusa (Dermateaceae s. l.) in Russia on the Kunashir Island has made it possible to correct the data on the limits of its range

Bogacheva A.V., Nikulin A.Yu.

Turczaninowia     2024; 27(3): 77–82

DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.27.3.7

2024 - NEW RECORDS OF CYANOBACTERIA AND ALGAE FOR THE TERRITORY OF RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Nikulin A.YU., Nikulin V.YU., Bagmet V.B., Sushchenko R.Z., Abdullin SH.R.

Turczaninowia     2024; 27(2): 105-118

DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.27.2.11

IN RUSSIAN

2024 - Molecular data unravels three freshwater peridinioids in the Baghdad Island Tourist Lake, reporting Palatinus apiculatus (Peridiniopsidaceae, Peridiniales) as a new record for the Iraqi algal flora

Kadeem Z.J., El-Sheekh M.M., Hassan F.M., Al-Obaidy A.H.M., Almohaidi A.M., Nikulin A.Yu., Saber A.A.

Egyptian Journal of Botany     2024; 64(3): 217-226

DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2024.273970.2742

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 - 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 - 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 - Valeriella persica sp. nov. (Chlorococcaceae, Chlorophyceae): A potential biodiesel feedstock from the hyperarid desert soil in Yazd (Iran) revealing new diagnostic criteria for green coccoids

Salehipour-Bavarsad F., Riahi H., Shariatmadari Z., Heidari F., Cantonati M., Nikulin A.Yu., Saber A.A.

Algal Research     2023; 72: 103141

DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2023.103141

2022 - NEW DATA ON CYANOBACTERIA AND ALGAE IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. PART II

Nikulin A.YU., Nikulin V.YU., Bagmet V.B., Allaguvatova R.Z., Abdullin S.R.

Biota and environment of natural areas     2022; 10(4): 5-15

DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_1

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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 - 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 - CYANOBACTERIA AND ALGAE BIODIVERSITY OF GROUNDS AND SOILS FROM SOUTH KAMCHATKA VOLCANOES

Allaguvatova R.Z., Nikulin A.YU., Bagmet V.B., Abdullin S.R.

Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian academy of sciences     2022; (5): 75-87

DOI: 10.37102/0869-7698_2022_225_05_6

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2022 - Diversity in Orostachys spinosa (Crassulaceae) chloroplast DNA markers in the Altai Mountains.

Nguen N.D.D., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu.

Modern Achievements in Population, Evolutionary, and Ecological Genetics: International Symposium, Vladivostok – Vostok Marine Biological Station, September 8–12, 2022: Program & Abstracts     2022: 58

2022 - Distribution analysis, updated checklist, and DNA barcodes of the endemic vascular flora of the Altai mountains, a Siberian biodiversity hotspot

Erst A.S., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Ebel A.L., Zibzeev E.V., Sharples M.T., Baasanmunkh S., Choi H.J., Olonova M.V., Pyak A.I., Gureyeva I.I., Erst T.V., Kechaykin A., Luferov A., Maltseva S.Yu., Nobis M., Lian L., Wang W.

Systematics and Biodiversity     2022; 20(1): 1-30

DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2049391

2022 - Study of biodiversity of algae and cyanobacteria of Mutnovsky and Gorely volcanoes soils (Kamchatka peninsula) using a polyphasic approach

Allaguvatova R.Z., Nikulin A.Y., Nikulin V.Y., Bagmet V.B., Gaysina L.A.

Diversity     2022; 14(5): 375

DOI: 10.3390/d14050375

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

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 - MATERIALS TO CYANOBACTERIAL AND ALGAL FLORA FROM VOLCANIC SOILS OF SHIVELUCH VOLCANO

Allaguvatova R.Z., Bagmet V.B., Nikulin A.Yu., Abdullin S.R., Gontcharov A.A.

Issues of modern algology     2021; (26): 135-138

DOI: 10.33624/2311-0147-2021-2(26)-135-138

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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 - THE STUDY OF THE DIVERSITY OF ALGAE IN SOILS UNDER THE VEGETATION OF SASA KURILENSIS ON ITURUP ISLAND, RUSSIA USING MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACH

Nikulin A. Yu., Bagmet V. B., Nikulin V. Yu., Abdullin Sh. R.

Современные проблемы биохимии, генетики и биотехнологии: Материалы III Всероссийской научной конференции с международным участием (21–23 сентября 2021 г.)     2021: 147–152

DOI: 10.33184/spbgb-2021-09-21.31

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2021 - NEW DATA ON CYANOBACTERIA AND ALGAE IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Allaguvatova R.Z., Nikulin A. YU., Nikulin V. YU., Bagmet V.B., Shokhrina V.V., Sterlyagova A.S., Gaysina L.A., Abdullin SH. R.

Biota and environment of natural areas     2021; (2): 3-14

DOI: 10.37102/2782-1978_2021_2_1

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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 - Taxonomic and Ecological Observations on Some Algal and Cyanobacterial Morphospecies New for or Rarely Recorded in Either Egypt or Africa

Saber A.A., El-Sheekh M., Nikulin A.Yu., Cantonati M., Saber H.

Egyptian Journal of Botany     2021; 61(1): 283-301

DOI: 10.21608/EJBO.2020.50683.1587

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 - 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 - Life Cycle of Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W. Smith (Bacillariophyta)

Bagmet V.B., Abdullin Sh.R., Mazina S.E., Nikulin A.Yu., Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A.

Russian Journal of Developmental Biology     2020; 51(2): 106-114

DOI: 10.1134/S1062360420020022

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 - CYANOBACTERIA OF THE UNDERWATER CAVE OF SAKASKA (REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN)

Sukhanova N.V., Khojazoda S.R., Nikulin A.Yu., Allaguvatova R.Z., Gaysina L.A.

Цианопрокариоты/цианобактерии: систематика, экология, распространение: материалы докладов II Международной научной школы-конференции, 16-21 сентября 2019 г., Сыктывкар, Россия.     2019: 255-259

DOI: 10.31140/book-2019-03

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2018 - Ribotypic diversity and structural features of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) for representatives of the genus Rhodiola L. (Crassulaceae)

Nikulin V.Yu., Nikulin A.Yu., Shokhrina V.V., Gontcharov A.A.

North-East Asia Biodiversity: Abstract Book of the 1-st International Conference (Vladivostok, Russia; September 17-21, 2018)     2018: 54

2017 - Phylogeography of Orostachys spinosa (L.) C.A. Mey (Crassulaceae) based on chloroplast DNA markers

Nikulin A.Yu., Gontcharov A.A.

XIX International Botanical Congress: Abstract Book, Vol.2.     2017; 2: 192

2015 - ON THE PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE TRIBE TELEPHIEAE (SEMPERVIVOIDEAE, CRASSULACEAE) ON THE BASE OF RDNA SEQUENCE COMPARISONS

Nikulin A. Yu., Nikulin V. Yu., Gontcharov A.A.

Botanicheskii zhurnal     2015; 100(10): 1030-1040

DOI: 10.1134/S0006813615100038

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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

2014 - Secondary structure helps to align divergent ITS rDNA Crassulacean sequences

Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A.

Molecular Phylogenetics: Contributions to the 4th Moscow International Conference     2014: 50

2014 - ITS rDNA as a highly informative marker for phylogenetic inferences in Orostachys subsection Appendiculatae (Crassulaceae DC.)

Nikulin A.Yu., Gontcharova S.B.

Molecular Phylogenetics: Contributions to the 4th Moscow International Conference     2014: 51

2013 - Phylogeography of Orostachys spinosa (L.) C.A. Mey (Crassulaceae DC.) inferred from variation in non-coding chloroplast DNA sequences

Nikulin A.Y., Gontcharova S.B.

Modern achievements in population, evolutionary and ecological genetics (MAPEEG - 2013): Program and Abstract of International Symposium     2013: 55

2012 - Analysis of genetic structure of Orostachys spinosa (L.) C.A. Mey (Crassulaceae) populations based on comparisons of cpDNA intergenic spacers trnH-psbA, trnQ-rps16 and rpl32-rtnL

Nikulin A.Y., Gontcharova S.B.

The East Asian Flora and its role in the formation of the world's vegetation: abstracts of the symposium (September 23-27,Vladivostok, Russia)     2012: 58