Vyacheslav Nikulin

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

Research interests: Phylogeography, systematics, molecular markers, secondary structure of DNA and RNA,Plant taxonomy, bioinformatics.

Selected publications


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 Year: 2025 Volume: 72 Article ID: 232 DOI: 10.1134/S1021443725604902
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 Year: 2025 Volume: 13 Number: 3 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 715 Number: 3 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 64 Issue: 5 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 28 Number: 3 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 64 Issue: 4 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 18 Number: 2 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 698 Number: 1 Pages: 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 Year: 2025 Volume: 110 Number: 1 Pages: 114-118 DOI: 10.31857/S0006813625010078 IN RUSSIAN
2025 - Sexual reproduction of the ultrahalophilic diatom Nitzschia siwaschica sp. nov. Davidovich N.A., Davidovich O.I., Nikulin V.Yu., Cvjetinovic J., Gorin D.A. Phycologia Year: 2025 Volume: 61 Number: 1 Pages: 55-70 DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2471608
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 Year: 2024 Volume: 55 Number: 4 Pages: 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 Year: 2024 Volume: 28 Number: 7 Pages: 706-715 DOI: 10.18699/vjgb-24-79
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 Year: 2024 Volume: 27 Number: 2 Pages: 105-118 DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.27.2.11 IN RUSSIAN
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) Year: 2024 Volume: 13 Issue: 15 Article ID: 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 Year: 2024 Volume: 659 Number: 1 Pages: 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) Year: 2024 Volume: 13 Number: 2 Article ID: 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) Year: 2023 Volume: 12 Number: 19 Article ID: 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 Year: 2023 Volume: 13 Number: 9 Article ID: 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 Year: 2023 Volume: 10 Number: 9 Pages: 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 Year: 2023 Volume: 15 Number: 2 Article ID: 249 DOI: 10.3390/d15020249
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 Year: 2022 Volume: 10 Number: 4 Pages: 5-15 DOI: 10.25221/2782-1978_2022_4_1 IN RUSSIAN
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 Year: 2022 Volume: 14 Number: 12 Article ID: 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 Year: 2022 Volume: 43 Number: 13 Pages: 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) Year: 2022 Volume: 11 Number: 23 Article ID: 3228 DOI: 10.3390/plants11233228
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 Year: 2022 Pages: 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 Year: 2022 Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 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 Year: 2022 Volume: 14 Number: 5 Article ID: 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 Year: 2022 Volume: 61 Issue: 2 Pages: 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 Year: 2022 Volume: 22 Number: 1 Pages: 1-12 DOI: 10.5507/fot.2021.012
2021 - Karyotype and genome size variation in white-flowered Eranthis sect. Shibateranthis (Ranunculaceae) Mitrenina E.Yu., Erst A.S., Peruzzi L., Skaptsov M.V., Ikeda H., Nikulin V.Yu., Wang W. PhytoKeys Year: 2021 Volume: 187 Pages: 207–227 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.187.75715
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 Year: 2021 Volume: 937 Article ID: 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 Year: 2021 Volume: 57 Number: 3 Pages: 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 Year: 2021 Volume: 527 Number: 3 Pages: 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) Year: 2021 Volume: 10 Number: 12 Article ID: 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.) Year: 2021 Pages: 147–152 DOI: 10.33184/spbgb-2021-09-21.31 IN RUSSIAN
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 Year: 2021 Number: 2 Pages: 3-14 DOI: 10.37102/2782-1978_2021_2_1 IN RUSSIAN
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) Year: 2021 Volume: 10 Number: 6 Article ID: 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 Year: 2021 Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Pages: 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 Year: 2020 Volume: 306 Issue: 5 Article ID: 84 DOI: 10.1007/s00606-020-01713-4
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 Year: 2020 Volume: 438 Number: 2 Pages: 80-94 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.438.2.2
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 Year: 2020 Volume: 51 Number: 2 Pages: 106-114 DOI: 10.1134/S1062360420020022
2019 - New insight on the relationships in genus Rhodiola L. (Crassulaceae) based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA data Nikulin V.Yu. Modern Achievements in Population, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics: Program and Abstract of International Symposium Year: 2019 Pages: 43
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) Year: 2018 Pages: 54
2017 - Assessment of phylogenetic relationships between Sedum L. and related genera (Sempervivoideae, Crassulaceae) by ITS rDNA sequence comparisons Nikulin V.Yu., Gontcharov A.A. XIX International Botanical Congress: Abstract Book, Vol.2. Year: 2017 Volume: 2 Pages: 192-193
2017 - MOLECULAR-PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SEDUM (CRASSULACEAE) AND CLOSELY RELATED GENERA BASED ON CPDNA GENE MATK AND ITS RDNA SEQUENCE COMPARISONS Nikulin V. Yu., Gontcharov A.A. Botanicheskii zhurnal Year: 2017 Volume: 102 Number: 3 Pages: 309-328 DOI: 10.1134/S0006813617030024 IN RUSSIAN
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 Year: 2016 Volume: 224 Pages: 218–229 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2016.08.003
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 Year: 2015 Volume: 100 Number: 10 Pages: 1030-1040 DOI: 10.1134/S0006813615100038 IN RUSSIAN
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 Year: 2015 Volume: 301 Issue: 5 Pages: 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 Year: 2014 Pages: 50
2013 - Analysis of phylogenetic relationships in the genus Sedum L. (Crassulaceae) and closely related genera based on ITS nrDNA and matK cpDNA sequence comparisons Nikulin V.Y., Gontcharov A.A. Modern achievements in population, evolutionary and ecological genetics (MAPEEG - 2013): Program and Abstract of International Symposium Year: 2013 Pages: 54
2012 - Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Sedum L. (Crassulaceae) and closely related genera based on ITS rDNA sequence comparisons Nikulin V.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) Year: 2012 Pages: 59