Microbial mats grow mostly on submerged or moist surfaces but a few survive in deserts. They colonize environments ranging in temperature from –40 °C to +120 °C. A few are endosymbionts of animals.
m aɪ k ɹ oʊ b ɪ ə l WORD_BOUNDARY m æ t s WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɹ oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ s t l i WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY s ə b m ɜː d̠ʒ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY m ɔɪ s t WORD_BOUNDARY s ɜː f ɪ s ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY b ʌ t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY f j uː WORD_BOUNDARY s ə ɹ v aɪ v WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY d ɛ z ə ɹ t s WORD_BOUNDARY ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY k ɑ l ə n aɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ n v aɪ ɹ ə n m ə n t s WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ eɪ n d̠ʒ ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ m p ɹ ɪ t̠ʃ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ t i WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ ɡ ɹ iː z WORD_BOUNDARY s iː WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY p l ʌ s WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY t w ɛ n t i WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ ɡ ɹ iː z WORD_BOUNDARY s iː WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY f j uː WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ n d oʊ s ɪ m b ɪ ɑ n t s WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY æ n ɪ m ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY