Term Name: | cephalosporin biosynthetic process |
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Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 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:0043646] QuickGO AmiGO |