Chitin, significantly α-chitin, is essentially the most plentiful and extremely recalcitrant type, fortified by an intricate community of hydrogen bonds. Environment friendly valorization of α-chitin requires gentle pre-treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Streptomyces spp. secrete chitin-active CAZymes that may effectively sort out the recalcitrant drawback of chitin biomass. To higher perceive the potential of Streptomyces spp., a comparative evaluation was carried out between the novel isolate, Streptomyces sp. UH6 and the well-known chitin degraders, S. coelicolor and S. griseus. Progress research and FE-SEM evaluation revealed that each one three Streptomyces spp. might make the most of and degrade each α- and β-chitin. Zymogram evaluation confirmed expression of 5–7 chitinases within the secretomes of Streptomyces strains. The chitin-active-secretomes produced by Streptomyces sp. UH6 and S. griseus had been optimally energetic at acidic pH (pH 4.0 and 5.0) and 50 °C. Time-course degradation of α- and β-chitin with the secretomes generated N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) and N,N-diacetylchitobiose [(GlcNAc)₂] because the predominant merchandise. Additional, the extremely crystalline α-chitin was subjected to pre-treatment by ball-milling, which decreased the crystallinity from 88% to 56.6% and elevated the BET floor space by 3-folds. Of be aware, the exercise of all three Streptomyces secretomes was improved by a gentle pre-treatment, whereas Streptomyces sp. UH6 secretome displayed improved GlcNAc and (GlcNAc)₂ yields by 14.4 and 9.6-folds, respectively. Total, our outcomes counsel that the Streptomyces chitin-active-secretomes, significantly Streptomyces sp. UH6, might be deployed for environment friendly valorization of chitin biomass and to determine an economically possible and eco-friendly course of for valorizing extremely recalcitrant α-chitin.