Term Name:	bacillithiol biosynthetic process
Synonyms:	bacillithiol anabolism, bacillithiol biosynthesis, bacillithiol formation, bacillithiol synthesis
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of bacillithiol, the alpha-anomeric glycoside of L-cysteinyl-D-glucosamine with L-malic acid. Bacillithiol, produced widely in the Firmicutes and sporadically in other bacterial lineages, is a low-molecular-weight thiol analogous to mycothiol in the Actinomycetes and glutathione in many species.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0071793]    QuickGO    AmiGO