To achieve strong, successful and commercial aqua-biotechnological microalgae applications, screening, isolation, molecular identification, physiological characterizations are needed. In the current study, a native cyanobacteria strain Arthrospira platensis NIOF17/003 was isolated from surface water of El-Khadra Lake, saline-alkaline lake located in Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt. The cyanobacterium phy...