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While there are several reviews on neutrophilic iron reducers, this article summarizes the research on extreme acidophilic iron reducers. After the first reports of dissimilatory iron reduction by acidophilic, chemolithoautotrophic <jats:italic>Acidithiobacillus<\/jats:italic> strains and heterotrophic <jats:italic>Acidiphilium<\/jats:italic> species, many other prokaryotes were shown to reduce iron as part of their metabolism. Still, little is known about the exact mechanisms of iron reduction in extreme acidophiles. Initially, hypotheses and postulations for the occurring mechanisms relied on observations of growth behavior or predictions based on the genome. By comparing genomes of well-studied neutrophilic with acidophilic iron reducers (e.g., <jats:italic>Ferroglobus placidus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Sulfolobus<\/jats:italic> spp.), it became clear that the electron transport for iron reduction proceeds differently in acidophiles. Moreover, transcriptomic investigations indicated an enzymatically-mediated process in <jats:italic>Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans<\/jats:italic> using respiratory chain components of the iron oxidation in reverse. Depending on the strain of <jats:italic>At. ferrooxidans<\/jats:italic>, further mechanisms were postulated, e.g., indirect iron reduction by hydrogen sulfide, which may form by disproportionation of elemental sulfur. Alternative scenarios include Hip, a high potential iron-sulfur protein, and further cytochromes. Apart from the anaerobic iron reduction mechanisms, sulfur-oxidizing acidithiobacilli have been shown to mediate iron reduction at low pH (&amp;lt; 1.3) under aerobic conditions. This presumably non-enzymatic process may be attributed to intermediates formed during sulfur\/tetrathionate and\/or hydrogen oxidation and has already been successfully applied for the reductive bioleaching of laterites. The aim of this review is to provide an up-to-date overview on ferric iron reduction by acidophiles. 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