beta-lactam antibiotic catabolic process

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GO:0030655
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
exact: beta-lactam antibiotic breakdown
exact: beta-lactam antibiotic catabolism
exact: beta-lactam antibiotic degradation
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown 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. [source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]
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