Introduction
Streptomyces are filamentous soil bacteria that produce a wide variety of secondary metabolites[1]. Few species are pathogenic for animals, cause plant diseases and degraders of organic matter in the natural environment, but also as producers of antibiotics and other useful compounds of commercial interest[2-4]. In addition, Streptomyces
are important for the production of enzymes. Chitinase is originally an enzyme used by insects to degrade the structural polysaccharide “chitin ” during the molting process[5]. The largest chitinases activity among bacteria
has been observed in species of Streptomyces, Serratia,Vibrio and Bacillus. Chitinase enzyme is very important in the biological control of insects[6]. Species of Streptomyces