beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a beta-lactam antibiotic, any member of a class of natural or semisynthetic antibiotics whose characteristic feature is a strained, four-membered beta-lactam ring. They include the penicillins and many of the cephalosporins.
GO:0017000
antibiotic biosynthetic process
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GO:0072339
lactam biosynthetic process
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beta-lactam antibiotic anabolism
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beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthesis
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beta-lactam antibiotic formation
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beta-lactam antibiotic synthesis
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