The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ether lipids, lipids that contain (normally) one lipid alcohol in ether linkage to one of the carbon atoms (normally C-1) of glycerol.
fatty acid biosynthetic process +
fatty acid derivative biosynthetic process +
glycerolipid biosynthetic process +
isoprenoid biosynthetic process +
lipid glycosylation
lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process +
membrane lipid biosynthetic process +
negative regulation of lipid biosynthetic process +
neutral lipid biosynthetic process +
phenolic phthiocerol biosynthetic process
phospholipid biosynthetic process +
phthiocerol biosynthetic process
platelet activating factor metabolic process +
positive regulation of lipid biosynthetic process +