Term Name:	cephalosporin metabolic process
Synonyms:	cephalosporin metabolism
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways involving a cephalosporin, any of large class of tetracyclic triterpene broad-spectrum antibiotics similar both chemically and in their mode of action to penicillin, first isolated from the culture filtrates of mediterranean fungus acremonium (cephalosporium acremonium), and effective against gram-positive bacteria.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0043645]    QuickGO    AmiGO