The invention belongs to the technical field of microorganisms, and particularly discloses a culture medium of rhodopseudomonas palustris. The micro-element biological promoting mother liquor which is prepared from 500-503 mg of Na2EDTA, 200-203 mg of FeSO4.7H2O, 10-13 mg of ZnSO4.7H2O, 2-2.3 mg of MnSO4.4H2O, 50-53 mg of H3BO3, 20-23 mg of CoCl2.2H2O, 7-7.3 mg of NiCl2.6H2O, 0.5-0.8 mg of CuCl2.6H2O, 4-4.3 mg of Na2MoO4.2H2O, 200-203 mg of CaCl2 and 1 L of water is added into the culture medium of the rhodopseudomonas palustris, wherein the pH of the micro-element biological promoting mother liquor ranges from 4.4 to 4.7. According to the culture medium of the rhodopseudomonas palustris, the special micro-element biological promoting mother liquor is utilized, the rhodopseudomonas palustris capable of efficiently reducing the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water is obtained, and therefore the purposes of decreasing the use area of breeding ponds, improving the breeding environment and reducing the breeding cost are achieved. By means of the action of the strains separated from the culture medium, the decreasing rate of the COD in the water can reach 70.41%.