as an injection fluid is already present similarly when this viscosifier is used in other applications such as suspending coal fines for transmission through pipe lines further diluents may not be necessary the alkali treated effluent is referred to herein as a solution although it may contain some material in the form of a suspension probably a colloidal suspension it has the general appearance of a solution and hence the term solution appears to best describe this material the method of this invention is illustrated by the following example a fermenter effluent was produced as follows a continuous fermentation was conducted at 39 u00b1 1 u00b0 c in a 7 liter fermenter with the organism psuedomonas methanica and methanol as the principal source of carbon and energy nutrient the medium composition was the following ______________________________________recipe______________________________________medium compositionh sub 3 po sub 4 85 ml l 2kcl g l 1 0mgso sub 4 7h sub 2 o g l 1 5cacl sub 2 2h sub 2 o g l 0 2nacl g l 0 1trace mineral solution ml l 5trace mineral solution recipecuso sub 4 5h sub 2 o g l 0 06ki g l 0 08mnso sub 4 h sub 2 o g l 0 30h sub 3 bo sub 3 g l 0 02znso sub 4 7h sub 2 o g l 2 0fecl sub 3 6h sub 2 o g l 4 8na sub 2 moo sub 4 2h sub 2 o g l 0 2h sub.