The invention belongs to the technical field of microbial culture, and specifically relates to a rhodopseudomonas palustris culture medium and an application thereof. The rhodopseudomonas palustris culture medium has a formula composed of citric acid, a beef extract, a yeast extract, peptone, sodium acetate, magnesium sulfate, ferrous sulfate, VB6, calcium chloride, monopotassium phosphate and a composite inorganic salt solution, wherein a solvent is water. According to the invention, through optimization of the formula, the quality of a rhodopseudomonas palustris inoculum is greatly improved,so the rhodopseudomonas palustris inoculum is high in effective viable count, pure in color, free of layering, low in infectious microbe rate, stable in quality and good in preservation effect, and the rhodopseudomonas palustris inoculum cultured by using the culture medium provided by the invention has good effect when being applied to aquaculture.