<unk> s are protein complexes that ensure accurate segregation (partitioning) of plasmids or chromosomes during bacterial cell division.
Just as higher forms of life have evolved a complex mitotic apparatus to partition duplicated DNA during cell division, bacteria require a specialized apparatus to partition their duplicated DNA. In bacteria,<unk> s perform the function similar to that performed by mitotic spindle. Therefore,<unk> s can be thought of as minimalist spindles.<unk> s are usually composed of three basic components- the DNA (plasmid or chromosome) that needs to be segregated into daughter cells, a motor protein that provides the necessary physical forces for accomplishing the segregation and a DNA binding protein that connects the DNA and the motor protein, to form the complete<unk>  complex.
Segrosome
Desmosome
Centromere
Sarcomere
Cytome
Ovacome
Stereocenter
Electron shell